- From: Alan Cantor <acantor@oise.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:17:30 -0400 (EDT)
- To: IG - WAI Interest Group List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, Lakespur Roca <lake@netscape.com>
Do this: 1. Make the focus indicator extremely conspicuous, maybe 2 or 3 pixel-wide line. Forget the faint dotted line nonesense. Better: allow the user to customize the focus indicator, or choose from many. 2. Make links function as buttons. Spacebar should activate a link. (Normally, spacebar activates a button that has focus, and Enter activates the default button.) A link on a web page has focus AND is the default button, so both keys should work. 3. Create a keystroke to route focus to the link containing selected text. Then it becomes possible to search for a link. 4. When activating a link, set a mark on the activated link. When returning to that page (using Alt + left arrow or backspace or whatever), put focus on that link. See this article for more suggestions on keyboard-only access: http://www.interlog.com/~acantor/www8.htm Alan Cantor Cantor + Associates Workplace Accommodation Consultants New e-mail address: acantor@interlog.com http://www.interlog.com/~acantor
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