On 30 Nov 2004, at 10:25 pm, russ - maxdesign wrote:
This article has a very interesting comment:
"An important detail, which most people forget, is to add rules for a:focus.
Users who can't or won't use a mouse can jump from link to link with the Tab
key or similar. For them it is important that they can see which link has
focus."
Thanks for noting this Russ. I'm always surprised when I view sites discussed on mailing lists (where accessibility is part of the daily talk) that this little thing is overlooked. Developers go to great length to create hover effects with sometimes complicated IR techniques. The exact same set of rules can be reused for the :focus. Keyboard users will be very happy.
And if you're like me and find the default focussing ring of Firefox on Mac OS X hard to see, especially over a 'busy' background, you can add this rule to your userContent.css:
a[href]:focus {-moz-outline: 2px solid -moz-mac-focusring;}I've implemented that for a couple of people whose eyesight is less than optimal, and they're very happy.
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