Re: aria-keyshortcuts

James, if you activate a text box it gets focus. 

I am just trying to get the text right before expanding the roles it applies to. I believe I have said that.

I don't want an access key replacement.

Rich

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> On Mar 11, 2016, at 5:13 PM, James Nurthen <james.nurthen@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Rich,
> I still don't understand your resistance to allowing a keyboard shortcut to focus something within the page. It seems that by requiring activation you are limiting the ability of twitter (for example) to provide "/"as the shortcut to move to the search box or facebook to provide "p"to move focus to the "post a new status"field.
> 
> Why can this property not also allow focus to be moved to a field? I really don't understand why this is an issue.
> 
> Regards,
> James
> 
> 
>> On 3/11/2016 3:02 PM, Rich Schwerdtfeger wrote:
>> Hi Jason, 
>> 
>> Here is a revised draft for aria-keyshortcuts:
>> https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/action2036/aria/aria.html#aria-keyshortcuts
>> 
>> Does this address your issues? The revised text is in the last paragraph preceding the editor’s note.
>> 
>> Rich
>> 
>> Rich Schwerdtfeger
>> Round Rock, TX
>> 
>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 8:14 AM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Rich,
>>>  
>>> I think it’s reasonable to attach the aria-keyshortcut property to the (usually hidden) menu item. If the user digs into the menu, the shortcut will be discoverable (and discovered), as it will then be revealed to the platform accessibility API.
>>>  
>>> I think the author should be permitted (as is required under these circumstances) to allow the shortcut to operate globally.
>>>  
>>> Maybe loosen the requirement and say that there must be some sequence of UI operations that will reveal the shortcut to the user by making the element visible and hence available to accessibility APIs.
>>>  
>>> I agree this is not a straightforward problem and that the requirements for authors need to be clarified. It’s probably a combination of ensuring that the text in the spec is appropriate and handling the issue properly in the authoring practices.
>>>  
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