- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 13:28:16 +0100
- To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
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the link got corrupted first time around: http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2011/04/html5-accessibility-chops-just-use-a-button/ regards steve On 9 July 2012 11:58, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Chaals, > > >I think pretty much all browsers allow activating click events with the > keyboard, and will add things if you give them a tabindex. So adding > specific keyboard >handling is probably redundant if you're just using > click (mouseover, focus, and various other things are still not so good). > > I think you are right, but need to take into account keyboard behaviour > for things like buttons, which require activation on space key press as > well as enter key > > see > http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2011/04/html5-accessibility-chops-just-use-a-button/for more details. > > regards > Steve > > > On 9 July 2012 11:47, Chaals McCathieNevile <w3b@chaals.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:29:30 +0200, Ramón Corominas < >> listas@ramoncorominas.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, and apologies for cross-posting. >>> >>> Last Saturday I gave a presentation in the SpainJS event about creating >>> accessible apps using WAI-ARIA. The idea was to show JS developers that >>> accessibility is an essential component to achieve quality coding, and the >>> potential of ARIA to create more accessible apps. >>> >>> I've uploaded the slides here: >>> http://ramoncorominas.com/**spainjs/<http://ramoncorominas.com/spainjs/> >>> >> >> Nice :) >> >> >> Comments, suggestions or corrections are welcome (smile) >>> >> >> I think pretty much all browsers allow activating click events with the >> keyboard, and will add things if you give them a tabindex. So adding >> specific keyboard handling is probably redundant if you're just using click >> (mouseover, focus, and various other things are still not so good). >> >> I'd be interested in learning if that is not the case... >> >> cheers >> >> Chaals >> >> -- >> Chaals - standards declaimer >> >> > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | > www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner > HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - > dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ > Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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