Re: Proposal for Technique 13.6.1 Grouping links

ok, well then I won't suggest using "tabindex" at all.  This applies to 
WCAG HTML Techniques as well.

--wendy

At 04:42 AM 7/17/00 , Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Wendy A Chisholm wrote:
>
>   I think the ideal solution is to either work with the author to include 
> all
>   of the navigation links in one cell, or one row, or to entirely  nest a 
> new
>   table into one cell of the existing table (although these all sound pretty
>   ugly although very likely).  perhaps there may be some overlap with 
> helping
>   the author convert a table for layout to style sheets (in an idealistic
>   future where CSS positioning is supported, of course).
>
>CMN Yep.
>
>WC
>   >giving a tabindex 1 after the map isn't enough - in implementations, the
>   >tabindex goes to the things with explicit tabindex then starts from 
> the top
>   >of the page (so it isn't all that helpful in genereal <sigh/>). Better 
> is to
>   >include a "skip navlinks" option.
>
>   I don't propose to only use tabindex = 1.  There are 4 pieces to the 
> repair
>   action:
>   1. create an A element immediately following the group of links.
>   2. put a name on it.
>   3. put a tabindex=1 on it
>   4. put an A element immediately before the group of links that links to 
> the
>   "A name" that you just created.
>
>CMN
>What you wrote was clear. The point I was trying to make is that after the
>tabindex=1 point, the next time the user tabs they will go back to the first
>thing on the page - tabindex brings the focus, but things with tabindex are
>treated outside the normal order, rather than reordering the tabindex. So if
>you have
>
>link 1
>link 2
>link 3
>name 1 tabindex=1
>link 4
>link 5
>name 2 tabindex=2
>
>and you keep pressing tab you go in the following order:
>
>name 1 tabindex=1
>name 2 tabindex=2
>link 1
>link 2
>link 3
>link 4
>link 5
>
>chaals
>
>   Obviously, I need to make that clearer in the proposed text:
>     If the user wants to bypass a group of links and wants to include a 
> link on
>      the page:
>      - Insert an A element with "name=foo"  and "tabindex=1" just after
>      the group of links or wherever you want the user to end up when they
>   skip the group of links.
>      - Insert an A element just before the group of links with "href=foo"
>
>   --wendy
>
>   >On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Wendy A Chisholm wrote:
>   >
>   >   Hello,
>   >
>   >   My proposal for AERT Technique 13.6.1 is as follows.
>   >
>   >   <blockquote>
>   >   Technique 13.6.1 [Priority 3] Grouping links.
>   >
>   >   Discussion status
>   >   The suggested authoring technique is not widely supported by user 
> agents.
>   >
>   >   Evaluation
>   >
>   >   Triggers
>   >   Several A elements separated by
>   >   spaces, bullets, or other characters such as "] [" or " | "
>   >   BR elements,
>   >   LI elements,
>   >   TD elements (i.e. A is the only element in a series of TDs, or A with
>   > inner
>   >   IMGs are the only elements in a series of TDs)
>   >
>   >   Requirement
>   >   Links should be grouped by MAP elements.  Provide information about the
>   >   group in the "title" attribute.
>   >
>   >   Repair
>   >
>   >   Triggers
>   >   User has identified a list of links that should be grouped.
>   >   User has identified that they want to include a link to skip over the
>   > group
>   >   of links.
>   >
>   >   Actions
>   >   If the user wants to group links:
>   >   If the links are contained in a P element, replace the P
>   >     element with MAP element.
>   >   If the links are in a list, enclose the list in a MAP element.
>   >   If the links are the only content of a table, include the table in 
> a MAP
>   >   element.
>   >   If the links are not the only content of a table, then ??? how do 
> you help
>   >   the user separate the links into something that can be included in 
> a  MAP
>   >   element???
>   >
>   >   If the user wants to bypass a group of links and wants to include a
>   > link on
>   >   the page:
>   >   Insert an A element with a "name" attribute and a "tabindex=1" just 
> after
>   >   the group of links.
>   >   Insert an A element just before the group of links and link to the A
>   >   element just created before the group of links.
>   >
>   >   Refer to the suggested techniques from the section in the HTML 
> Techniques
>   >   for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 called  "Bypassing and
>   >   Grouping Links."
>   >   </blockquote>
>   >
>   >   Comparison of proposal and existing text
>   >   [http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#group-links]
>   >
>   >   1. I made the Evaluation section a definition list and listed the 
> elements
>   >   that trigger this technique as "Triggers."
>   >   2. I modified the list of evaluation triggers since I felt the 
> description
>   >   of table was too limiting.
>   >   3. Deleted the "suggested message" since at the 12 June telecon we 
> decided
>   >   to link to examples rather than provide example text. [minutes -
>   >   http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/minutes/20000612.html]
>   >   4. Changed "Suggested repair" to "Repair" and divided into 2 sections:
>   >   Triggers and Actions.
>   >   5. Included details about how to perform the repair (Actions).
>   >
>   >   With this format, these techniques are separated from discussion of the
>   >   interface.  Instead of saying, "ask the user if they want to create a
>   > group
>   >   of links" which opens a whole box of worms we can say, "once the 
> user has
>   >   decided to group links..."
>   >
>   >   Should we link to particular sections of ATAG10-TECHS that discuss the
>   >   interface?  If we don't have examples, should we mock some up?
>   >
>   >   thoughts?
>   >   --wendy
>   >
>   >   --
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>   >   web accessibility initiative
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>Charles McCathieNevile    mailto:charles@w3.org    phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136
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wendy a chisholm
world wide web consortium
web accessibility initiative
madison, wi usa
tel: +1 608 663 6346
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