- From: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:50:55 +0000
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- CC: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for bringing it back to the list, twitter is good for short responses, not so much for this!
You mentioned defining focus explicitly, which is a good idea if it works!
My first thought was: "The point of interaction for the user’s input."
I'm really struggling to extend that without having to include every example under the sun.
Any ideas for improvement?
> there might indeed be two elements that do have focus at the same
> time (like combobox with listbox), and then there the requirement for
> the focus indication does apply to both.
Is the second really a 'focus'? I think (in examples I have to hand [1]) that arrowing down is a selection mechanism, but the 'point of interaction' is still the input. Arrowing down acts to change the text in the input, it isn't a 'focus' as such.
A very nuanced point, but helps with my definition!
-Alastair
1] Apple native widgets, or https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/examples/combobox/aria1.1pattern/listbox-combo.html
Received on Tuesday, 15 October 2019 13:51:06 UTC