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Tab Index - why and why not
Thursday, August 03, 2006
WCAG Guidelines 9.4 (Priority 3) says to create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. The "tabindex" attribute is great because it does exactly that -- it specifies the position of the current element in the tabbing order for the current document. But are they needed?Download Web Axe Episode 24 (Tab Index -- Why)
[Transcript]
The basic code
:
<INPUT tabindex="1" type="text" name="field1">
<INPUT tabindex="2" type="text" name="field2">
<INPUT tabindex="3" type="submit" name="submit">Links:
- WCAG Guidelines 9.4 (Priority 3)
- WCAG Techniques for logical tab order
- WCAG definition of "tabindex"
- WebAIM - Drawbacks to "tabindex"
Labels: accessibility, attribute, podcast, tab, web
posted by Dennis at Web Axe at 9:25 PM
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Dennis Lembree is the founder of web development company Web Overhauls, which specializes in web usability, standards, and accessibility.
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1 Comments:
Just listened to the show, good info. The only time I felt it was necissary to use the tab index was an odd case where tabbing would cause a jump from over one of my form elements. I think it had something to do with floating text, but it was a quicker fix than trying to re-write the css.
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