[nfbcs] Tabbing to Disabled Web Controls

[David Andrews]

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