- From: Taliesin Smith <talilief@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:04:16 +0200
- To: w3c WAI List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, ashraf.aleem@gmail.com
Thanks Ashraf for the resources, and thanks Patrick for the historical information. Both should be valuable for us as we make our science simulations more inclusive. Again thanks so much, Taliesin ~.~.~ Also available at: Taliesin.Smith@colorado.edu Inclusive Design Researcher PhET Interactive Simulations https://phet.colorado.edu/en/accessibility Physics Department University of Colorado, Boulder > On Apr 26, 2019, at 2:05 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote: > > On 26/04/2019 11:59, Taliesin Smith wrote: > >> We are wondering if anyone else has encountered the limitation that mobile VoiceOver doesn't synchronize the cursor with keyboard focus, and if so is anyone aware of any clever workarounds? > > iOS *used to* fire focus on when VO was running and a control was swiped/touch-to-explored to, but you're right this changed at some point (have to admit I lost track of this quirk - the last time I tested and documented this - https://patrickhlauke.github.io/touch/tests/results/ - was iOS7.1, so quite a while back, and that had the focus event). Note that this (not having focus/blur events fire) has been the way Android with TalkBack behaved pretty much forever, so this will also be a problem for you on that platform. > > The rationale from Apple for removing the focus/blur events is likely similar to the rationale brought up when I (many moons ago) wondered out loud why Firefox on Android didn't do this... (long story short: because when actual inputs receive focus, they bring up the on-screen keyboard, which would be disruptive to AT users) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000082 > > I am, unfortunately, not aware of any kind of workaround here off the top of my head... > > P > -- > Patrick H. Lauke > > www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke > http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com > twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke >
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