Re: HTML focusable areas feedback

Hi James

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> On 26 Jul 2014, at 20:38, "james.nurthen@oracle.com" <james.nurthen@oracle.com> wrote:
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>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 10:43, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi James 
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On 26 Jul 2014, at 18:59, James Nurthen <james.nurthen@oracle.com> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>> Does using tabindex=-1 resolve the issue in FF?
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> No. FF still focuses it. 

Suggest that is a bug, best to file one against FF

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>>> 2) An accessible name and role needs to be provided for this region so AT can determine what to speak when it gets focus.
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>> Being scrollable, I would suggest, is a property not a role.
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> What role would you give it then?

If the element already has a role there is no need. 
<section> for example has a default role of region.
If not would depend on what the element content was, I think.

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>>> Regards,
>>> James
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Received on Saturday, 26 July 2014 19:34:43 UTC