Eric
I wrote about some nuance involved with annotating focus order, following a conversation with @annaecook where we realized we'd both been running across the same well-intentioned behaviors. #a11y https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-probably-shouldnt-be-annotating-focus-order/
You probably shouldn’t be annotating focus order

Sometimes not doing something is the right move.

Feb 4 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadEric EggertFeb 4
@eric @annaecook LOL, I read your toot and not the title of your article and thought “I wished everyone would just stop annotating focus order”. Then I looked at my browser and read the title. 😂
Show threadEricFeb 4
@yatil @annaecook Oh nooooooo
Show threadEric EggertFeb 4
@eric @annaecook I was in a project where the developers requested from designers to specify all ARIA and interactivity in annotations. I questioned if they wanted the designers to design or to program…
Show threadEricFeb 4
@yatil @annaecook I mean, why buy the cow 😅
Show threadVladimir ShamsheevFeb 4
@eric @annaecook The order of elements in HTML isn't always ideal: for example, the "Submit"/"Confirm" button might be in the header, while some user action might be in the center of the page. While you can move the header down in the markup and change the order in CSS, using the custom tabindex attribute seems like the right solution in such cases
Show threadEricFeb 4
@shamsheev @annaecook _someone_ didn't actually read the post