- From: Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:18:40 -0500
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>, wai-xtech@w3.org
- CC: Becky Gibson <Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com>
Becky, Jon,
Jon wrote:
> Isn't it important for speech users to know about disabled controls in a Toolbar. If disabled controls are taken out of the keyboard navigation, how will screen reader user know they are there?
Indeed. What is needed is the ability to navigate among all controls,
included disabled ones -- tools in toolbars, menu items in menus, menus
in menu bars, and so on. And, there should be the audio equivalent of
that tool being "greyed out", indicating that it is disabled.
But, this should be limited to navigation and exploration. Obviously,
disabled controls shouldn't activate.
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;;;;joseph
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