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Re: Clear text within search edit field

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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Sep 14, 2024 9:39AM

I’m a little confused with all that I am hearing about this issue.
If there is a search field that has a clear content button and there’s nothing entered into the search field. I do not expect that button to be focusable.
I’ve seen many forms that have a submit form button, that are dimmed until information is entered into the form and then it is focusable, so what’s the actual situation?
Dean Vasile


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> On Sep 14, 2024, at 11:22 AM, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> On 14/09/2024 15:24, Barry via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
>> Even though there is an alternative method for achieving the same functionality (e.g., selecting the text in the edit field and using backspace or delete), this approach may still fail WCAG 2.1.1 (Keyboard Navigation) for the following reasons:
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> None of the reasons provided are normative parts of the success criterion, so I'm afraid not.
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