Accessible Event Pairs
By Peter-Paul Koch | July 21st, 2005 | Filed in Accessibility, DOM, DOM Scripting TF
In order to keep our pages accessible to non-mouse users, we must use non-mouse events like focus or keydown in addition to mouse events like mouseover and click. On QuirksMode.org I created the new Event pairs page to study this problem.
Skip to comment formIn order to keep our pages accessible to non-mouse users, we must use non-mouse events like focus or keydown in addition to mouse events like mouseover and click. On QuirksMode.org I created the new Event pairs page to study this problem.
Conclusions include:
- Any perfectly accessible page is restricted to adding event handlers to links and form fields.
- The click event also fires when a user tabs to a link and then hits Enter.
More research is necessary, but I hope these tests will give use a first approximation of the possible solutions.