- From: <james.nurthen@oracle.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:38:05 -0700
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
> On Jul 26, 2014, at 10:43, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi James > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 26 Jul 2014, at 18:59, James Nurthen <james.nurthen@oracle.com> wrote: >> >> If these are focusable by default (as is currently the case in FF) then 2 additional things need to happen >> 1) it MUST be possible for a web developer to reverse this behaviour. The current FF behaviour is causing us issues in some combobox implementations and needs to be resolved. I would suggest allowing tabindex=-1 to ensure the area is never focusable. This does not work in the current FF implementation > > Does using tabindex=-1 resolve the issue in FF? No. FF still focuses it. > >> 2) An accessible name and role needs to be provided for this region so AT can determine what to speak when it gets focus. > > Being scrollable, I would suggest, is a property not a role. What role would you give it then? > > >> >> Regards, >> James >>
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