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Where do tabindex="0" HTML elements end up in the tabbing order?

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In what order are elements with a tabindex value of 0 focused when the web page is tabbed?

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HELP Avatar asked Nov 07 '10 00:11

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What does Tabindex 0 do?

tabindex="0" means that the element should be focusable in sequential keyboard navigation, after any positive tabindex values and its order is defined by the document's source order.

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How does Tabindex work in HTML?

The tabindex attribute specifies the tab order of an element (when the "tab" button is used for navigating). The tabindex attribute can be used on any HTML element (it will validate on any HTML element. However, it is not necessarily useful).

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tabindex assignments are handled the following way (for elements that support the tabindex attribute):

  • Positive numbers (1,2,3...32767) are handled in tab order.
  • 0 is handled in source order (the order it appears in the DOM)
  • -1 is ignored during tabbing but is focusable.

This information is taken from : http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex

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haltersweb Avatar answered Oct 01 '22 03:10

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