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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:17:38 -0800
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Subject: Re: :focusable
From: Eduardo Lundgren <eduardolundg...@gmail.com>
To: jquery-a11y@googlegroups.com

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Hi Colin,

Thanks for the reply but I sent this email out of the thread. Sorry about
that.

This subject will keep being discussed on:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/browse_thread/thread/1bc999ab54b20674


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Colin Clark <colin.cl...@utoronto.ca>wrote:

>
> Hi Eduardo,
>
> On 19-Jan-09, at 9:53 PM, Eduardo Lundgren wrote:
>
> > The anchor tag could be focused, this tag should not be in the list?
> >
> > (/input|select|textarea|button|object/.test(nodeName)
> Yep, you're right that anchor tags can be focused. But since they can
> also be used as page anchors rather than links, they should only be
> focusable if they've got an href attribute. This is also true for area
> attributes. We cover that case in the line below:
>
> a' == nodeName || 'area' == nodeName
>                                ? element.href || !isNaN(tabIndex)
>                                : !isNaN(tabIndex))
>
> Does this seem correct?
>
> Colin
>
> ---
> Colin Clark
> Technical Lead, Fluid Project
> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
> http://fluidproject.org
>
>
> >
>


-- 
Eduardo Lundgren
Software Engineer
Liferay, Inc.
Enterprise. Open Source. For Life.

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Hi Colin,<br><br>Thanks for the reply but I sent this email out of the thre=
ad. Sorry about that.<br><br>This subject will keep being discussed on: <a =
href=3D"http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/browse_thread/thread/1bc=
999ab54b20674">http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/browse_thread/thr=
ead/1bc999ab54b20674</a><br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Colin C=
lark <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:colin.cl...@utoronto.ca">colin=
.cl...@utoronto.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt =
0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
Hi Eduardo,<br>
<div class=3D"Ih2E3d"><br>
On 19-Jan-09, at 9:53 PM, Eduardo Lundgren wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; The anchor tag could be focused, this tag should not be in the list?<b=
r>
&gt;<br>
&gt; (/input|select|textarea|button|object/.test(nodeName)<br>
</div>Yep, you&#39;re right that anchor tags can be focused. But since they=
 can<br>
also be used as page anchors rather than links, they should only be<br>
focusable if they&#39;ve got an href attribute. This is also true for area<=
br>
attributes. We cover that case in the line below:<br>
<br>
a&#39; =3D=3D nodeName || &#39;area&#39; =3D=3D nodeName<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbs=
p; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;? element.href || !isNaN(tabIndex)<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbs=
p; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;: !isNaN(tabIndex))<br>
<br>
Does this seem correct?<br>
<br>
Colin<br>
<br>
---<br>
Colin Clark<br>
Technical Lead, Fluid Project<br>
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto<br>
<a href=3D"http://fluidproject.org" target=3D"_blank">http://fluidproject.o=
rg</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Eduardo Lundgren<br>Sof=
tware Engineer<br>Liferay, Inc.<br>Enterprise. Open Source. For Life.<br>

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