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Robert Tyree
13,335 PointsTabindex greater than one = bad?
Just a note from this slightly updated course that a tabindex of greater than one is generally not advised!
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Steven Parker
229,608 PointsI'm dubious of the "bad idea" advice.
I don't know who those guys are, but the the definitive resource I rely on is MDN.
The MDN page for tabindex doesn't seem to have any warnings or recommendations against using it. The one thing I might agree with the other guys on is that there could be better ways to get what you're ultimately after.
Robert Tyree
13,335 PointsI hear you, but pretty sure it stands up.
HTML5.2 working draft: "Warning: Using a positive value for tabindex to specify the element’s position in the sequential focus navigation order interacts with the order of all focusable elements. It is error-prone, and therefore not recommended. Authors should generally leave elements to appear in their default order."
https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/editing.html#the-tabindex-attribute
Also: http://adrianroselli.com/2014/11/dont-use-tabindex-greater-than-0.html
Steven Parker
229,608 PointsSo we can expect this might get deprecated in future software. For now the risk is confusing the user, and the inclination to use it is probably a sign that you really need to rethink your layout.