Re: Focus indicators for grouped controls

I think that in 1.4.11 SC what we are trying to define is called:
“Focus and other states”
State is defined as
“Dynamic property expressing characteristics of a user interface component that may change in response to user action or automated process.
States do not affect the nature of the component, but represent data associated with the component or user interaction possibilities. Example includes focus, hover, select, press, check, visited/unvisited, and expand/collapse.”

Maybe we can include also the “active” state in this definition, differentiating the focus (intended as default focus), that might be also used in techniques not in its abstract concept, and other possible states.

My concern is about the possible misunderstanding defininig focus as both default focus and other states.

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>> On 16 Oct 2019, at 23:46, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 16/10/2019 21:22, Giacomo Petri wrote:
>> Considering new technolgies (and of course future technologies not yet invented, as suggested by Mitchell) should we use another term instead of “keyboard focus” to refer to the “visual focus/active status indicator” in its abstract concept?
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>> A screen reader focus indicator on a mobile device for example, even if doesn’t fit the “keyboard focus” definition (or should be?), allows users navigating sequentially. The word “keyboard focus” from my point of view may be confusing.
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> Well yes, I believe that was the whole point of this exercise - to find a more generic way to define "focus" in the abstract. The more specific "keyboard focus" term may have been used here as part of this discussion, but only to make it clear here in the thread that it's what we don't actually want to say / what we want to go beyond.
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