Re: FOCUS VISIBLE/2.4.7

>I have a sample style sheet that has a:focus, a:active, a:hover, and a:visited all set at the same color.
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>Does this mean that Focus Visible fails?

Yes, there is no point in having them all the same colour/style. Apart from a:active and a:focus they each have a seperate purpose and should be styled differently so that the sighted user can tell the difference. You can make the difference by using different colours of text and/or background or style (underline, or even italic etc) but do not use a different size as this distorts the page (makes content jump around). The a:active and a:focus usually are the same because they do the same job (a:active for Internet Explorer and a:focus for Netscape/Firefox).

Richard
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Reeve 
  To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:32 PM
  Subject: FOCUS VISIBLE/2.4.7


        Please take a look at http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/C15. I have a sample style sheet that has a:focus, a:active, a:hover, and a:visited all set at the same color.

        Does this mean that Focus Visible fails?

        If it does, how do you suggest it should be changed? All of my a: links are set to #0000FF