Re: Sortable Table Focus Order

It is not only possible, but desirable. Certainly from the developer’s perspective and, I would think, the user’s as well. In addition to the not-so-great UX, it’s terribly inefficient to reload the entire page just to sort a table. That’s what javascript is for.

> On Apr 3, 2024, at 8:28 AM, Madeleine Rothberg <madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org> wrote:
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> Note that it is possible to build sortable tables that do not reload the whole page. Page reloads are a substantial inconvenience for keyboard and screen-reader users, and worse the farther the sortable table is down the page or the more top navigation options there are.

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