Re: Device manipulation from Patrick H. Lauke on 2016-05-31 (public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org from May 2016)

From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 21:53:51 +0100
To: public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org
Message-ID: <948fad2e-4dfc-f7c8-fd75-01521e678cad@splintered.co.uk>

On 31/05/2016 21:02, Gregg Vanderheiden RTF wrote:

>> Technically the web page supports keyboard access but there is no way
>> to send those keys from VoiceOver gestures or an external keyboard to
>> the page.
>
> Yes - and the on-screen keyboard often does not include the modifier
> keys you need….

The fact that the on-screen keyboard doesn't even show up/can't be 
triggered UNLESS the user is actually in a control that expects keyboard 
input (e.g. a text input field, URL bar, etc) is the real snag here as well.

P
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