Re: H4 Example 3 seems to fail the test procedure in F44

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:17 AM, <noreply@w3.org> wrote:

> Name: Mark Rogers
> Email: mark.rogers@powermapper.com
> Affiliation: PowerMapper Software
> Document: TD
> Item Number: H4
> Part of Item: Examples
> Comment Type: technical
> Summary of Issue: H4 Example 3 seems to fail the test procedure in F44
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> I can see what example 3 is trying to demonstrate, but if this example is
> used verbatim I think it would lead to a failure (because the tab order
> doesn't match the presentation order)
>
> Worth noting that H4 example 3 is also almost identical to F44 failure
> example 1 (so it's pretty confusing)
>
>
>
>
> Proposed Change:
> Perhaps adding some CSS classes that imply layout is different from source
> order would make this clearer:
>
> <a href="" class="topNav" tabindex="1">one</a>
> <a href="" class="subNav" tabindex="2">three</a>
> <a href="" class="topNav" tabindex="1">two</a>
> <a href="" class="subNav" tabindex="2">four</a>
>
> The other alternative would be placing the code in table like example 1.
>
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Response from the Working Group
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Thank you for your comment; we agree with you.  The first code example in
Example 3 will be deleted, as it seems at odds with the stated purpose of
the technique as noted in the description.

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group