hi Ian, >Yes, in fact the script would _have_ to do that in order for the focusing >ring mechanism to work properly. That's why it was designed that way. what i am suggesting is that when a click invokes the drawfocus() method, this causes the associated element to recieve focus, rather than have to add a object.focus() via script. regards stevef 2010/1/20 Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Steven Faulkner wrote: > > > > in the case where a user clicks on a pseudo text input on the canvas, > > can a focus rectangle be drawn using the drawfocusring() method? > > Sure. > > > > would it not make sense for click to cause the associated > > (drawfocusring(element, ) text input in the subdom to gain focus? > > Yes, in fact the script would _have_ to do that in order for the focusing > ring mechanism to work properly. That's why it was designed that way. > > > > Thus the drawfocusring() method could be used to cut down on unecessary > > duplication of event handling for all users as they would be handled by > > the native elements regardless of whether they had a disibility and > > required the use of the keyboard or not. > > Yes, duplication of code is generally bad programming practice. > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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