- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 11:04:13 -0500
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- CC: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@Adobe.COM>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org, schwer@us.ibm.com, jacobs@w3.org
Al Gilman wrote: > > >At 05:06 PM 12/6/2000 -0800, Loretta Guarino Reid wrote: > >>Do the User Agent Guidelines indicate whether the element with the current > >>focus must always be highlighted? > >> > >>My impression is that focus elements are highlighted when I move focus to > >>them via keyboard commands, but if, for instance, I just open an > >>application, the focus element may not be highlighted. > >> > >>As an example, if I open a web page in Internet Explorer, there is no > >>indication of the focus element. However, if I start tabbing, each new > >>focus element is highlighted. > > At 08:31 AM 2000-12-07 -0600, Jon Gunderson wrote: > >Loretta, > >The situation you describe would mean the user agent would not comply to > >UAAG. There are also additional checkpoints that relate to styling and > >behavior of focus. > > > > AG:: > > Is this really true? As I interpret the IE behavior, on opening the page _no_ > element has the focus and that is why there is no focused element highlighted. > > I would be surprised if this were not consistent with "the standard model for > focus in this OS environment" since so much of the OS user interface is run > through the IE module for its realization. I agree with Al, here. I don't think that some element must have focus at all times. [Do assistive technology developers assume that some element has the focus at all times? If so, why do they make that assumption?] - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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