Comments on: Too much accessibility - TABINDEX http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/articles/too-much-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-tabindex/ Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bim http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/articles/too-much-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-tabindex/#comment-1699 Bim Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:51:50 +0000 http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/general-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-tabindex/#comment-1699 That's true, certainly of navigating through links in Opera (but it does allow tab to field elements). Even so, with the keyboard shortcuts that Opera provides for navigating through links for keyboard users , the TABINDEX attribute is still not a necessity. I think that Opera users who need to use their keyboard for navigation would soon find the shortcuts, or they'd be unable to move through most sites on the web. The options are: Ctrl + 9: to open a searchable link list, also navigable by arrow keys. F9 to ensure that focus is on the page, then either: A: to move forward through links; Q: to move backward; or Shift + arrow keys to move spatially, vertically or horizontally, to the nearest adjacent link. That’s true, certainly of navigating through links in Opera (but it does allow tab to field elements).

Even so, with the keyboard shortcuts that Opera provides for navigating through links for keyboard users , the TABINDEX attribute is still not a necessity.

I think that Opera users who need to use their keyboard for navigation would soon find the shortcuts, or they’d be unable to move through most sites on the web.

The options are:
Ctrl + 9: to open a searchable link list, also navigable by arrow keys.
F9 to ensure that focus is on the page, then either:
A: to move forward through links; Q: to move backward; or
Shift + arrow keys to move spatially, vertically or horizontally, to the nearest adjacent link.

]]> By: Geoff Vines http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/articles/too-much-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-tabindex/#comment-1697 Geoff Vines Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:00:52 +0000 http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/general-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-tabindex/#comment-1697 It has also been my experience that in Opera, and it may be true of some I haven't tried, tabbing only works if you have given elements a tabindex number. It has also been my experience that in Opera, and it may be true of some I haven’t tried, tabbing only works if you have given elements a tabindex number.

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