- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:57:54 -0700
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Cc: "www-archive@w3.org" <www-archive@w3.org>
On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak, Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:46:47 -0700: >> On Sep 15, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: >> >>> However, due to bug 22261 - "Clicking on a non-text >>> input element does not give it focus",[1] Webkit and Chromium suffers >>> from the following: if one opens a longdesc link (e.g. with Webkit >>> based iCab) VoiceOver will start to read from the top of the page >>> instead of from the section where the particular longdesc was situated. >>> Something which takes away lots of flexibility with regard to longdesc. >>> And, in fact, it also impacts regular links as well - it is is real >>> hole in VoiceOver and Webkit's elegance. >> >> I would say this is the responsibility of the implementors of iCab, >> not WebKit or VoiceOver. There is no native support of any kind for >> longdesc in WebKit or in VoiceOver. iCab authors have not reported >> any bugs indicating that they are blocked. And it is my belief that >> iCab can handle this detail by itself. > > I have forwarded your view to iCab. It is true that iCab works around a > few bugs as well as issues that the developer disagrees with. So may be > this would be one such issue. > > However - and may be this was not sufficient clear in what I said > above: I would say that that bug also affect skip-to links - and all > links where it is important that focus is moved to the target. This > bug, therefore, is a mayor drawback for Webkit keyboard users. I did comment in the bug - I tentatively think links should get focus on click if the user has enabled tabbing to links (or is on a platform where you always tab to links). But I think that issue is off-topic-for longdesc. Happy to discuss elsewhere if you wish. Regards, Maciej
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