Re: Semantic implications of tabindex="0"?

Certainly, and I should've mentioned in my response that it is important to
add whatever role is appropriate when trying to create a custom widget. I
was responding mostly to Mike's question "are there assumptions that users
will have" -   the assumption they'll have is that the control will have
whatever keyboard functionality a control with that role would have.  i.e.
a textbox will accept arbitrary text input, a button will respond to
keypress, arrow keys will traverse radio button options, etc.


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu>wrote:

>  Typically things that are focusable have some interactive behavior.
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> The use of “tabindex” to make natively non-interactive elements like DIV
> and SPAN interactive (e.g. keyboard focusable) is the basis of how ARIA
> technology allows developers to create keyboard accessibility widgets using
> ARIA technology.
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> http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/usage#managingfocus
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> http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#focus_tabindex
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> Jon
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> *From:* karlgroves@gmail.com [mailto:karlgroves@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Karl
> Groves
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 7, 2014 4:13 PM
> *To:* Mike Elledge
> *Cc:* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> *Subject:* Re: Semantic implications of tabindex="0"?
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> Mike,
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> Natively tabbable items are a[href], area[href], button, input, object,
> select, and textarea. HTML5 adds menuitem.  IOW, things people can interact
> with.
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> Consequently, if focus arrives on something the assumption on the part of
> the user is likely to be "I can act on this.".   In fact when an element
> that is not focusable by default has a tabindex="0" (most elements that
> have no mapping), the element is mapped as 'editable text' in MSAA.  As a
> consequence, JAWS will read "editable" for the following  <h1
> tabindex="0">Some heading</h1>
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> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>   Hi All--
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> I have a question I hope you can answer. In reading about tabindex="0" it
> seems as if there are no limits to its application to non-focusable
> elements. I wonder, however, when it makes the most sense to use it. For
> example, are there assumptions that users will have based on the
> traditional targets of tabbing (i.e., form fields and links)?
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> Any thoughts on this?
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> Many thanks,
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> Mike Elledge
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> Karl Groves
> www.karlgroves.com
> @karlgroves
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