[html5] r7001 - [e] (0) Add some notes explaining why these are SHOULDs and not MUSTs. Fixing ht [...]

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Wed Feb 15 16:06:24 PST 2012


Author: ianh
Date: 2012-02-15 16:06:23 -0800 (Wed, 15 Feb 2012)
New Revision: 7001

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Add some notes explaining why these are SHOULDs and not MUSTs.
Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13532
Affected topics: HTML

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2012-02-15 23:23:24 UTC (rev 7000)
+++ complete.html	2012-02-16 00:06:23 UTC (rev 7001)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 15 February 2012</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 16 February 2012</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -71126,6 +71126,11 @@
     be reached using sequential focus navigation, and if so, what its
     relative order should be.</p>
 
+    <p class=note>One valid reason to ignore the platform
+    conventions and always allow an element to be focused would be if
+    the user's only mechanism for activating an element is through a
+    keyboard action that triggers the focused element.</p>
+
    </dd>
 
    <dt id=negative-tabindex>If the value is a negative integer</dt>
@@ -71136,6 +71141,14 @@
     not allow the element to be reached using sequential focus
     navigation.</p>
 
+    <p class=note>One valid reason to ignore the requirement that
+    sequential focus navigation not allow the author to lead to the
+    element would be if the user's only mechanism for moving the focus
+    is sequential focus navigation. For instance, a keyboard-only user
+    would be unable to click on a text field with a negative <code title=attr-tabindex><a href=#attr-tabindex>tabindex</a></code>, so that user's user agent
+    would be well justified in allowing the user to tab to the control
+    regardless.</p>
+
    </dd>
 
    <dt>If the value is a zero</dt>
@@ -71486,7 +71499,6 @@
 
 
 
-
   <h3 id=assigning-keyboard-shortcuts><span class=secno>8.4 </span>Assigning keyboard shortcuts</h3>
 
   <h4 id=introduction-7><span class=secno>8.4.1 </span>Introduction</h4>

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2012-02-15 23:23:24 UTC (rev 7000)
+++ index	2012-02-16 00:06:23 UTC (rev 7001)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 15 February 2012</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 16 February 2012</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -71126,6 +71126,11 @@
     be reached using sequential focus navigation, and if so, what its
     relative order should be.</p>
 
+    <p class=note>One valid reason to ignore the platform
+    conventions and always allow an element to be focused would be if
+    the user's only mechanism for activating an element is through a
+    keyboard action that triggers the focused element.</p>
+
    </dd>
 
    <dt id=negative-tabindex>If the value is a negative integer</dt>
@@ -71136,6 +71141,14 @@
     not allow the element to be reached using sequential focus
     navigation.</p>
 
+    <p class=note>One valid reason to ignore the requirement that
+    sequential focus navigation not allow the author to lead to the
+    element would be if the user's only mechanism for moving the focus
+    is sequential focus navigation. For instance, a keyboard-only user
+    would be unable to click on a text field with a negative <code title=attr-tabindex><a href=#attr-tabindex>tabindex</a></code>, so that user's user agent
+    would be well justified in allowing the user to tab to the control
+    regardless.</p>
+
    </dd>
 
    <dt>If the value is a zero</dt>
@@ -71486,7 +71499,6 @@
 
 
 
-
   <h3 id=assigning-keyboard-shortcuts><span class=secno>8.4 </span>Assigning keyboard shortcuts</h3>
 
   <h4 id=introduction-7><span class=secno>8.4.1 </span>Introduction</h4>

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2012-02-15 23:23:24 UTC (rev 7000)
+++ source	2012-02-16 00:06:23 UTC (rev 7001)
@@ -83130,6 +83130,11 @@
     be reached using sequential focus navigation, and if so, what its
     relative order should be.</p>
 
+    <p class="note">One valid reason to ignore the platform
+    conventions and always allow an element to be focused would be if
+    the user's only mechanism for activating an element is through a
+    keyboard action that triggers the focused element.</p>
+
    </dd>
 
    <dt id="negative-tabindex">If the value is a negative integer</dt>
@@ -83140,6 +83145,15 @@
     not allow the element to be reached using sequential focus
     navigation.</p>
 
+    <p class="note">One valid reason to ignore the requirement that
+    sequential focus navigation not allow the author to lead to the
+    element would be if the user's only mechanism for moving the focus
+    is sequential focus navigation. For instance, a keyboard-only user
+    would be unable to click on a text field with a negative <code
+    title="attr-tabindex">tabindex</code>, so that user's user agent
+    would be well justified in allowing the user to tab to the control
+    regardless.</p>
+
    </dd>
 
    <dt>If the value is a zero</dt>
@@ -83554,7 +83568,6 @@
 
 
 
-
   <h3>Assigning keyboard shortcuts</h3>
 
   <h4>Introduction</h4>




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