[STYLE GUIDE] Modified menu proposal

The proposal for navigation of menus and menubars is documented in the PF 
Wiki [1].  I don't believe that menu behavior has been finalized, thus, I 
would like to propose a modification to the behavior described. 
Specifically I propose that, in order to match the behavior for disabled 
buttons, disabled menu items do NOT receive focus.  This is consistent 
with how the Macintosh treats menu items and buttons but is different than 
Windows.  I think it makes sense for widget focus to behave consistently 
within Web Applications hosted within the browser. 

The Dojo Open Source widget tookit is planning to implement a consistent 
focus behavior for the widgets.  Disabled buttons will not receive focus, 
disabled buttons within a toolbar will not receive focus, and disabled 
menu items will not receive focus.  However, we would appreciate feedback 
from this group.

thanks,
-becky



[1] http://esw.w3.org/topic/MenuWidget

Becky Gibson
Web Accessibility Architect
                                                       
IBM Emerging Internet Technologies
5 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA 01886
Voice: 978 399-6101; t/l 333-6101
Email: gibsonb@us.ibm.com
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Received on Monday, 17 September 2007 16:32:58 UTC