Re: Sortable Table Focus Order

That’s true, and if I was writing an ACR for legal use I’d have to think twice about it. But for a developer who is asking for information on improving their page, which I believe P A F is, I think it’s a relevant aspect of the usability of the page.

-Madeleine

From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 10:33 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Sortable Table Focus Order


On 03/04/2024 14:28, Madeleine Rothberg wrote:
> While the specific object activated is a link, I would argue that the UI
> component is actually the entire sortable table, of which the link is
> only one part. Choosing which column to sort by is changing a setting of
> the table.

I'd argue that that's a very "creative" reinterpretation to make a
particular SC apply...

P
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