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From: Michael Moore
Date: Mon, Jun 17 2013 8:39AM
Subject: Tab Index 0
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We are updating some of our training and I was wondering what the current
concensus is regarding the use of tabindex=0 to bring intervening text
inside of a web form into the tab ring. This would be used for things like
section headings and instructions.
Aria-describedby be seems useful when the instruction is related to a
single field like instructions for password requirements. But in cases
where the instructions are longer, perhaps a paragraph or more does it
still make sense to use tabindex=0?
What are your thoughts?
From: Jim Allan
Date: Mon, Jun 17 2013 3:21PM
Subject: Re: Tab Index 0
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Mike,
I use it in of my forms that have intervening instructions. Find it very
useful.
Jim
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Michael Moore < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >wrote:
> We are updating some of our training and I was wondering what the current
> concensus is regarding the use of tabindex=0 to bring intervening text
> inside of a web form into the tab ring. This would be used for things like
> section headings and instructions.
>
> Aria-describedby be seems useful when the instruction is related to a
> single field like instructions for password requirements. But in cases
> where the instructions are longer, perhaps a paragraph or more does it
> still make sense to use tabindex=0?
>
> What are your thoughts?
> > > >
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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
From: Michael Moore
Date: Mon, Jun 17 2013 3:26PM
Subject: Re: Tab Index 0
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Thanks, I just did not want to keep something in that is no longer
considered a best practice.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Mike,
> I use it in of my forms that have intervening instructions. Find it very
> useful.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Michael Moore < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >wrote:
>
> > We are updating some of our training and I was wondering what the current
> > concensus is regarding the use of tabindex=0 to bring intervening text
> > inside of a web form into the tab ring. This would be used for things
> like
> > section headings and instructions.
> >
> > Aria-describedby be seems useful when the instruction is related to a
> > single field like instructions for password requirements. But in cases
> > where the instructions are longer, perhaps a paragraph or more does it
> > still make sense to use tabindex=0?
> >
> > What are your thoughts?
> > > > > > > >
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> > > >