- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:48:07 +0100
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> - Drag and drop API is great but what about people without mouse, is there a keyboard usable drag and drop API, this statement : >> "On media without a pointing device, the user would probably have to explicitly indicate his intention to perform a drag-and-drop operation, stating what he wishes to drag and what he wishes to drop, respectively." need much more explanation i think > > What should it say instead? Has there been research in this area we could use? Also, Drag and drop functionality is practically useless for non-visual users. The next best alternative, or what could be considered an equivalent method, would probably be the ability to cut and paste - source object to destination, have the object properties revealed to the screen reader user with appropriate markup and make the destination easy to navigate to.
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