Focus order
The sequence in which interactive elements receive keyboard focus.
What Focus order does not show
It should preserve meaning and operability rather than merely matching DOM appearance.
Where Focus order comes up on this site
- Page builders drop the main landmark: nine HTML checksContrast, focus order, keyboard traps and motion need a rendered page and a person.
Definitions that name Focus order
Related terms in Accessibility and provenance
What a page owes a keyboard, a screen reader and a fact-checker: the accessibility basics and the C2PA vocabulary for proving where a file came from.
Keyboard accessibility · Focus indicator · ARIA · Accessible description · Color contrast · Reduced motion · Captions · Audio description · Status message · Content Credential · C2PA assertion · C2PA claim · Claim signature · Manifest store · Content binding · Hard binding · Soft binding · Ingredient · Trust list · landmark · contrast ratio
Questions about Focus order
What is Focus order?
The sequence in which interactive elements receive keyboard focus.
What does Focus order not show or guarantee?
It should preserve meaning and operability rather than merely matching DOM appearance.
Which area of the glossary does Focus order belong to?
Accessibility and provenance: What a page owes a keyboard, a screen reader and a fact-checker: the accessibility basics and the C2PA vocabulary for proving where a file came from.
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