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ideas:nav-index [2014/02/24 17:00] – note external issues, add a few explicitly with thinking tantekideas:nav-index [2014/02/26 16:45] – note HTML spec of tabindex sequential nav, and condition for re-introducing nav-index tantek
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 ===== Should HTML specify something ===== ===== Should HTML specify something =====
-HTML has the tabindex attribute (with various levels of browser support) which should be specified there.+HTML has the tabindex attribute (with various levels of browser support) which has been specified there to some extent: 
 +* http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#sequential-focus-navigation
  
 ===== HTML or CSS or both ===== ===== HTML or CSS or both =====
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 Current thinking: likely both. Current thinking: likely both.
  
-HTML already has tabindex and thus should specify that (see previous).+HTML already has tabindex (see previous).
  
 CSS should specify nav-index because: CSS should specify nav-index because:
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     * Or rather, having to do them separately in HTML vs CSS will likely cause them to get out of sync.     * Or rather, having to do them separately in HTML vs CSS will likely cause them to get out of sync.
  
 +However, nav-index was in a CSS3-UI CR draft for MANY years and there was no implementation.
  
 +Thus only when there is a strong demonstration of implementer interest (2+ commitment to implement) should we consider adding it to CSS4-UI.
  
 +===== within a dialog and browsing context =====
 +We should define how to pick the next/previous element in sequential focus navigation, to make sure it's clear that it stays within a dialog and browsing context.
 +
 +More details and follow-up:
 +  * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24719
 +
 +===== contextual scoping =====
 +Need contextual scoping for sequential focus navigation.
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 +More details and follow-up:
 +  * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23960
  
  
 
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