Re: Issues with supporting "enter" key for activation of buttons in APG examples

They press the SPACEBAR or ENTER key to choose the currently selected
active region or to *activate a control* or command.


Guidelines for Keyboard User Interface Design
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms971323.aspx#atg_keyboardshortcuts_complying_with_standard_keyboard_navigation

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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 27 January 2017 at 15:55, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I originally built the APG examples to respond to both space and enter
> key, so that was my understanding too.
>
> So I think the ARIA Authoring Practices group should clarify their
> concerns over supporting the “enter” key on buttons.
>
> One example that was raised in the APG teleconference last week, is when
> someone is in a dialog box, the “enter” key is associated with the close
> button, so if someone is on a different button in the dialog box and
> presses “enter”, instead of activating the button action, the activate the
> close button and close the dialog box.  This can be very
> confusing/frustrating.
>
> Jon
>
>
> From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, January 27, 2017 at 9:43 AM
> To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@illinois.edu>
> Cc: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>, Matt King <
> a11ythinker@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Updated disclosure (hide/show) examples for ARIA Authoring
> Practices Guide
>
>
> On 27 January 2017 at 15:34, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Last week at the ARIA authoring practices teleconference there were
>> concerns that the APG button examples responded to both the space and enter
>> key.
>
>
> I would be interested to hear the concerns? Every native HTML
> implementation of button in browsers on windows can be activated by both.
> This would suggest that it is a standard and expected interaction method
>
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> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
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