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Re: Tabindexes

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From: Seth Rothberg
Date: Dec 15, 2004 4:46PM


On Dec 15, 2004, at 5:54 PM, andrew.arch85 wrote:

> Best practice (IMHO) is not to
> provide keyboard/tab access to the expanded menu, but to allow keyboard
> users to just access the top level and then go to an intermediate page
> with
> the dropdown choices clearly visible.

Andrew,

O.k. I used tabindex="-1" and the page wouldn't validate. I changed the
-1 to 0 but then the links in the submenu are tabbable anyway. How do I
turn off tab access to links?

Seth