All of a sudden I can't tab through my SL3 project. The tab order is set, accessibility is viewable to screen reader and it just hightlights the screen and then goes to the next and or volume button. I'm stumped.
Hi Pamela, Your content is probably OK. You will only be able to tab to button elements in later versions of Storyline. This is the correct behaviour and more in line with how web pages work.
In order to move through content when using a screen reader (JAWS/NVDA) you would use your arrow keys on your keyboard and Tab key to jump straight to buttons (clickable elements).
Drats, why did they change that? How am I supposed to test my tab order?
I tried the arrow keys yesterday and they didn't work. I previewed a scene
using NVDA and it didn't work. Was this change a part of the latest update?
Hi Pamela, the change is to make the content more accessible for those using assistive technologies.
Think about the Tab Order as the reading order of the page, but it does remain the "Tab" order of buttons, form controls etc (clickable elements), but it's best to get familiar with navigating the majority of the contents with your up and down arrow keys now, and Tab, Space, Enter for interactive elements.
I use JAWS and NVDA to test, and the experience has been good, getting better. A quick test for JAWS is to use the INSERT+DOWN ARROW keys to read the slide from top to bottom.
Here are some shortcuts for NVDA https://webaim.org/articles/nvda/. It appears the the + key on the Num Pad instructs NVDA to read from the top.
Thanks for the info and links Sam, I will definitely check them out but I'm
still not happy that I can't test my reading order in SL3 in preview mode.
I really do appreciate your assistance.
Pam
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Hi Pamela, Your content is probably OK. You will only be able to tab to button elements in later versions of Storyline. This is the correct behaviour and more in line with how web pages work.
In order to move through content when using a screen reader (JAWS/NVDA) you would use your arrow keys on your keyboard and Tab key to jump straight to buttons (clickable elements).
Drats, why did they change that? How am I supposed to test my tab order?
I tried the arrow keys yesterday and they didn't work. I previewed a scene
using NVDA and it didn't work. Was this change a part of the latest update?
Thanks for getting back to me Sam.
Regards,
Pam
Hi Pamela, the change is to make the content more accessible for those using assistive technologies.
Think about the Tab Order as the reading order of the page, but it does remain the "Tab" order of buttons, form controls etc (clickable elements), but it's best to get familiar with navigating the majority of the contents with your up and down arrow keys now, and Tab, Space, Enter for interactive elements.
I use JAWS and NVDA to test, and the experience has been good, getting better. A quick test for JAWS is to use the INSERT+DOWN ARROW keys to read the slide from top to bottom.
Here are some shortcuts for NVDA https://webaim.org/articles/nvda/. It appears the the + key on the Num Pad instructs NVDA to read from the top.
Thanks for the info and links Sam, I will definitely check them out but I'm
still not happy that I can't test my reading order in SL3 in preview mode.
I really do appreciate your assistance.
Pam
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