RE: Focus Order of Carousel Example

Hi Kathy,


Thank you for your comments on the Tutorial.



Carousels are particularly challenging for accessibility and the focus order is one of those challenges. Arguments can be made for both putting content first and then controls, and for putting controls first and then content. In this example the content is first and then the controls, where users would first encounter the content, move to a control to advance the carousel, and then hopefully realize that they need to move back to consume the new content.



If you are interested in discussing this pattern further, the W3C hosts an Interest Group discussion list where issues of digital accessibility are discussed. From there you can get multiple perspectives.



You can look through the mailing list archives, to get a feel for the list, through: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/



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Thanks!

Brian



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Hello,

I was looking at the accessible Carousel example<mailto:https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/carousels/working-example/> and was wondering about the focus order.
When a user uses one of the navigation buttons (either the arrows or the pagination), should the next focusable item be on the new content that is visible instead of the next control?
Currently, when a user uses the next arrow button to go to the next slide, the next focusable item is the pagination, and then content after the carousel.
The user would have to know to navigate backwards to view the new slide content. I'm thinking of the accessibility of this for screen reader users.
Looking forward to hearing your response.

Thank you!
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