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I don't think that pressing enter to submit is an accessibility issue
at all, it's simply expected behaviour. If people are used to being
able to do that in their browser then it should not be forced or
suppressed in any way.
Keyboard only users is an interesting one... so if the person is
Sorry Mark but I'm going to have to counter that argument because I believe
it *is* in part an accessibility issue, particularly relating to screen
readers which as we know linearly parse a page ... so unless there is
instructional text or help before the text field advising them of how to
2009/10/21 Chris Vickery chris.vick...@privacy.gov.au:
In this case it’s for an input field, not a textarea, and enter will still
not submit (unless you tab out) so in this case makes it contrary to ‘native
browser behaviour’.
This would potentially create annoyance to users of Safari on an
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Thanks everyone for the feedback. Lots to work with there.
Good stuff.
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We're accessibility testing at the moment. We've got some email forms (ie. Put
in your email address to subscribe - submit) that do not currently submit if
you press enter.
Personally I feel this should be an accessibility issue, but I am finding it
difficult to locate any solid documentation
Hi Chris,
The submission by pressing enter is a native browser behaviour, hence is not an
accessibility issue.
You will only be able to submit via enter from an input field and not from a
textarea, which you have to tab out of and then hit enter.
So I doubt you will find any references to
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Hi Chris,
I'm not sure I'd agree with Jason on if it's a native browser
behaviour/function then it's accessible. I see what he's getting at and
technically it's accessible, just as progressive enhancement is box-ticking
accessibility ... but I believe you'd have to test it to determine whether
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Hi all,
It's probably also worth mentioning that browsers such as Lynx don't
use enter to submit a form unless you have focus on the submit
button itself. Hitting enter will progress the user through the
different input fields until you reach the submit button, and only
then will hitting enter
This issue has very little (if anything) to do with accessibility. The
functionality in question is accessible via hitting a button or hitting an
enter key.
Perhaps it would be better to ask whether the enter functionality is usable
and whether it might cause annoyances for users who are not
Thanks Jason,
In this case it's for an input field, not a textarea, and enter will still not
submit (unless you tab out) so in this case makes it contrary to 'native
browser behaviour'.
Essentially our input fields would, (although they identify themselves as input
fields) would behave like
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