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Tabing through input fields - yellow box
I have a number of input fields that the user presses tab to jump to the next input field - similar to how you might tab from field to field when logging in to something. However, when Tab is pressed a yellow outline box fills the slide area or other UI items if i just keep clicking Tab.
I know this was a Flash functionality w/ the Tab key, but is there a way to disable it in SL?
thx
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Good Afternoon, Angie.
Bill's work-around may not always work, but what happens if you place your off-slide object off of the top-left corner of the slide, on the off chance that accessibility begins from top-left to bottom-right? You could also try making it an actionable object (such as a button) to see if that helps at all. Thanks!
Hi There,
Not working for me can you help me please?
Hello Ravindra! What is going on, exactly? Are you noticing the yellow highlight box on your slide when it shouldn't be there? This article describes how to control that accessibility feature of tabbing through a course. I hope that starts you off in the right direction... if not, let us know!
Hello I have a similar issue. I have a slide with several layers. i put a button off screen in the top left corner and that worked for the base layer and the first 2 layers, but when I hit the 3rd one it starts displaying the yellow box on the player items. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Justin! Placing the object in the top-left corner was the trick!
Any ideas on why the yellow box shows up on slides that have state changes? I went into each object with a state change and edited each state (deselected the check box for alt text).
Thanks for reply Crystal, I can disabled the accessibility for objects on screen using above method, How can I disable it for Player elements like, prev, next, seek bar, menu etc.
Hi Ravindra!
You can't customize the tab order of player navigation elements, but you can skip them when you're tabbing through a slide with a screen reader.
Would you be able to share your .story file for us to take a peek?
Here you go. When I hit the 3rd layer it starts tabbing on the player.
Hello Keithia and thank you for sharing your sample slide so that I could take a look. I was able to see the issue you were reporting as well, but I had difficulty getting past Type in your file as well - the project kept toggling between type and diagnosis and I could not put my finger on that one.
At any rate, I do believe the issue you were seeing is due to the fact that the tab order is based on the base slide. To get around this, I moved your layers to slides and it seems to be working perfectly.
On another note, you brought back flashbacks to my IDX/GE Health days :)
Your updated file is attached.
