Re: Action Item Bug: 1568

Hi Christophe

On 05/10/05, Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be> wrote:
> I think it looks good. You could also write:
> "If a component is able to trigger/fire an event when it receives focus,
> this event should not be handled in a way that causes a change of context."
> This is very precise, but maybe it only makes sense to developers.

I like that wording, but one of the issues I have with this success
criterion that I mentioned in the teleconference last night (albeit
not very coherently), is that the success criterion is worded such
that it only applies if the element that received focus causes the
change of context:

"When any component receives focus, it does not cause a change of context"

The wording implies that the component that receives focus explicitly
causes the change in context, but the same effect can be achieved
using a blur event (as is done in the technology specific example
[1]). In this case, a change of context is caused when a component
receives focus, but isn't caused by the component that received focus.

I think the intent, techniques, benefits, and examples all make this
clear, but the guideline itself could easily be misinterpreted. For
example, if I decide to launch a popup when the current window loses
focus rather than when a new page gains focus, I can comply with all
level 1 and level 2 success criteria for guideline 3.2.

[1] http://tinyurl.com/9vpnm

Best regards,

Gez

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Received on Wednesday, 5 October 2005 11:15:00 UTC