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From: Wyant, Jay (MNIT)
Date: Tue, Nov 12 2013 12:31PM
Subject: Avoiding the Flash keyboard trap
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Does this WCAG technique still work?
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/FLASH17.html
When I open the demonstration site (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/working-examples/FLASH17/keyboard_trap_fix_custom_as3.html) in Chrome, tabbing skips over the Flash object. In Firefox, it highlights the whole box , but not separate buttons, and then I cannot tab out. Only IE enables me to highlight each element in the Flash box, but even then, some behaviors are not as expected, such as SHIFT+TAB to return to the box.
I came across this technique when noting that only IE appeared to allow me to tab into Flash movie controls - both Chrome and Firefox fail. I'm attempting to determine if this is a programming or browser issue.
Best,
Jay
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