[whatwg] make <video> always focusable and interactive content

Silvia Pfeiffer silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 16:52:12 PDT 2012


On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Chris Double <chris.double at double.co.nz> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer
> <silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> They are in Opera. The spec allows it.
>>
>> Yes, thankfully one browser has video keyboard interaction.
>>
>
> I just tested Firefox and the keys work. See "Media Shortcuts" here:
>
> <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly>
>
> I could tab to the video, a focus ring appears around it, and use the
> keys in that list. Did that not work when you tried it?

You're right - it works when you use Firefox normally. It was when I
used it with VoiceOver on the Mac. But that's indeed a screenreader
issue. Sorry for being confusing.

Cheers,
Silvia.



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