> In IE (and in the future, Mozilla) Something's upcoming in Moz? > tabindex can be used to > programmatically set focus to an element that does not receive focus by > default (for example, <div> or <span>). <div> and <span> cannot receive tabindex. <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex> The following elements support the [751]tabindex attribute: [752]A, [753]AREA, [754]BUTTON, [755]INPUT, [756]OBJECT, [757]SELECT, and [758]TEXTAREA. > This can be very powerful for > creating more accessible keyboard navigation that does work with the > screen readers (in IE on Windows). While that isn't the intent in this > technique then it does not seem suitable for this technique. > I did want to mention the benefits of tabindex when used > properly with JavaScript. Let's write another technique for that. -- Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org Accessibility <http://joeclark.org/access/> Expect criticism if you top-postReceived on Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:29:10 GMT
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