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Focus Order Question
I might be overthinking this, but when working with a slides Focus Order -- after opening the pop-up window, is the first item presented via a screen reader at the top or the bottom of this listed ...
Hi Lauren
Yes - Georvy has been helping with this, but there is an issue with Storyline that I think others should be aware of...
Base layer objects will appear at the bottom of the Focus Order list, on a slide with layers, unless the Custom Focus order option is selected before a slide is built. I would expect most developers to fine-tune the Focus Order after a slide has been built. They are unlikely to remember to choose the Custom Focus order option beforehand. So in order to move the base layer objects to the top of the Focus order list (to be read first by screen readers), they would need to drag each item individually to the top in the list (very time consuming on slides with multiple layers), or rebuild the slide.
It would save us a lot of time if base layer objects were at the top of the Focus Order list by default, followed by Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3 etc (from bottom to top in the Slide Layers panel). At the moment, the Focus Order is generated the other way round, i.e. Layer 3, Layer 2, Layer 1, Base layer. This is counterproductive and could also have the effect of making Storyline content generally less accessible since I imagine that in many cases, the Focus Order won't be adjusted.
