- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:32:10 -0600
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Al, Basically from my point of view, if there is choice between using selection or focus color use the focus color. If there is a choice between selection and focus border styles use the focus border style. If selection uses border styling and focus doesn't use border styling there is no conflict that the priority rule would need to decide on. In this case the selection border could still be rendered on an item with both selection and focus. Is this what you want to say? Is there a way that this can be more clearly stated in the checkpoint? Jon At 02:13 PM 12/13/2000 -0500, you wrote: >At 12:11 PM 2000-12-13 -0600, Jon Gunderson wrote: > > > >2. Focus style should have priority over selection style. No mixing, just > >priority. > > > >Please note my concern on this point. The UA should be allowed or encouraged >to mix them if it can. The priority should only be an issue if it can't. The >CSS algorithm (pick one style) is bad human engineering in this situation. >Lots of the relevant screen effects mix fine. > >I think that my input on this point is consistent with what Greg Lowney said. >Greg says that the default focus and selection styles should be mixable and be >mixed when something is both focused and selected. That is a good idea. We >don't necessarily have to make it a requirement, but we sure shouldn't make it >disallowed. > >It's one thing to say that the UA is not required to mix them and when it >can't >it should use the focus style. It's another to say that the UA should not mix >them but just use the focus style. To me the latter is writing rules that >degrade the communication effectiveness of the tool, which is not our goal, >last I checked. > >Al Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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