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Consider focusables with tabindex="-1" to be unreachable #43

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@NickGoward NickGoward commented Jun 5, 2024

Consider focusables with tabindex="-1" to be unreachable

Description

Updates LRUD to ignore focusables with tabindex="-1", but still focus any focusable elements within any parent with tabindex="-1".

Motivation and Context

Elements with a tabindex of -1 should only be focusable programatically and not be part of the navigational flow of the document. This is in-line with behaviour of tabbing order in a standard HTML document. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/tabindex

The primary driver for this change is the existence of devices which only announce aria-live regions if they have a tabindex, but these regions should not be focusable.

How Has This Been Tested?

New unreachable.html layout created in tests and tests written.
Manual testing with this layout.

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  • My change requires a change to the documentation.
  • I have updated the documentation accordingly.
  • I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
  • I have added tests to cover my changes.
  • All new and existing tests passed.

@NickGoward NickGoward requested a review from a team as a code owner June 5, 2024 08:17
@NickGoward NickGoward merged commit 07e0f71 into master Jun 5, 2024
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@NickGoward NickGoward deleted the tabindex-minus-one branch June 5, 2024 09:10
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