On 11/09/05, Chris Kennon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've discovered that leaving the value blank tabindex= " " does not > invalidate the page, or upset tidy.
It does invalidate the page, it's just that the validators aren't catching it. The attribute value must be a number in the range 0 to 32767 to be valid. If you want a value that doesn't have an effect on the tab order, then "0" is a better choice, as that means the element will be navigated in the order it appears in the character stream. Another consideration with tabindex is that it will put the associated element into Opera's tab order. By default, Opera only tabs to form controls, and links are navigated with 'a' and 'q' to cycle forwards and backwards through the links respectively. If anchors are provided with a tabindex attribute, then the tab key also stops at the anchor elements, which means Opera users can't easily differentiate between links and form controls. Obviously, it's valid to provide a tabindex value, and it's arguably Opera's implementation that is wrong, but it's another consideration about the value of tabindex attributes. Best regards, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
