[nfbcs] Tabbing to Disabled Web Controls

[Jim Barbour]

Hmmm, I think I'm in the other camp.  I definately think they
should be read as "dimmed", but if users are tabbing around they might
want to know that there is a submit button there, but that you can't
activiate it yet.

Jim

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 07:36:47PM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
> No, they should just show up as dimmed, and since you can't do anything with
> them you probably shouldn't be able to tab to them.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 09:04 PM 3/31/2013, you wrote:
> >The other day, at work, some of us who work on or are interested in web
> >accessibility were discussing whether or not it should be possible to tab to
> >a web control, such as a button or a checkbox, that is disabled. The two
> >scenarios that we discussed are:
> >1. There is a web form that has text fields that must be filled in with
> >certain types of information, and the submit button is disabled until the
> >requirements are met.
> >2. There is a form with radio buttons. Depending on which radio buttons are
> >checked, certain checkboxes are enabled or disabled.
> >I am curious to know what people think of this. Should it be possible to tab
> >to the disabled submit button in the first scenario? The disabled checkboxes
> >in the second scenario? Should there be a standard for different control
> >types--such as button vs. checkbox, or is this something that really should
> >be decided on a case by case basis?
> >
> >Nicole
> 
> 
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