Hi,
I've a default link structure that I use for consistency, sub
navigation for this page does not need to be tabbed, as it is in a
logical order. I wanted to leave the value blank without removing
said attribute/value from each link.
I've discovered that leaving the value blank tabindex= " " does not
invalidate the page, or upset tidy. However complete omission, per
your suggestion is food for thought, and proving quite substantial.
Thanks again for your insightful addition to my inquiry.
C
On Sep 11, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Chris Kennon wrote:
Tidy frowns on this tabindex="#". What mark is acceptable as a
null value in place of "#".
And Tidy is right. As per spec, tabindex needs to be a (natural)
number between 0 and 32767
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex
Why do you want to assign a null value? What are you trying to
achieve? Do you want to remove something from the tab order
completely?
In general, tabindices are not really needed anymore, as you can
control the order of tabbing by putting things in the correct order
in the markup, but maybe that's just my opinion...
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Patrick H. Lauke
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