- From: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:57:46 +0100
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
I may well have overlooked something, but this appears to be an inconsistency. When a page is loaded, the focus may be directed to a form control using the autofocus attribute. But this attribute isn't available on regular links, and I can't find a way of doing it that doesn't rely on script. The use case I have is for slide shows (i.e. a prepared navigation path) but I suspect this also has accessibility implications. I've set up a demo of the behaviour using script at: http://dannyayers.com/stuff/pp/ If there isn't an approach I've missed, two alternatives seem apparent: 1. allow the autofocus attribute on <a> elements 2. add autofocus behaviour to tabindex 1. would seem preferable as 2. would impact existing documents. Cheers, Danny. -- http://dannyayers.com http://webbeep.it - text to tones and back again
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