Re: Tab Order for Anchors

Right - if you have done something very wierd with the link presentation 
so they don't appear in a sensible order it is helpful to have a 
tabindex. Otherwise I would say it is not necessary. In any event I 
sggest it is better to avoid having a wierd ordering in HTML since 
control of positioning is not always reliable.

The situation is different in SVG, where the ordering of the content 
changes the visual presentation in potentially important ways. But I am 
assuing that isn't what you are talking about here.

Cheers

Chaals

Tina Marie Holmboe wrote:

>On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 09:53:14PM +0930, Matthew Smith wrote:
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>>Should anchors have a tabindex attribute?
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>   Yes - given that the anchor defines a link, and that the order of the
>  links in the document is not otherwise logical, ref. WCAG 1.0, checkpoint
>  9.4:
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>   "Create a logical tab order through links,
>     form controls, and objects."
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>>Should the anchor marking the beginning of the body have it's own 
>>tabindex attribute?
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>   It isn't a link, so no.
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Received on Monday, 5 May 2003 04:11:04 UTC