Issue #446
Featured: Focus priming
“What’s it called when you click somewhere on a webpage? Most people either won’t care, either because it doesn’t seem to do anything, or they can’t click because they don’t use a mouse or trackpad. But I care because I use it when testing the accessibility of web pages. If I click somewhere and then press ⇥ (Tab), keyboard focus is placed on the next interactive element (link, form field, etc.) after where I clicked.”
Read more of Focus priming.
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Accessible forms: Tips and techniques (blog post - afixt.com)
- Fostering an accessibility culture (blog post - smashingmagazine.com)
- How to meet SC 2.5.3 Label in Name (blog post - tpgi.com)
- A majority of Europe’s fintech firms are not prepared for their accessibility reckoning (blog post – emerging-europe.com)
- Unlocking Accessibility: Frontend developers discuss semantic HTML and accessible code (blog post – accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
- 14 web performance tips for 2025 (blog post – sia.codes)
- A11y 101: 1.4.10 Reflow (blog post – tarnoff.info)
- Beyond compliance: Unlocking business growth through accessibility (blog post – scottvinkle.me)
- I broke the disabled button (blog post - rightbadcode.com)
- Why care about the no-JS experience? (blog post - gomakethings.com)
- Audits are not enough: Understanding how to fix accessibility issues for good (blog post - nira11y.com)
- Hiding elements that require JavaScript without JavaScript (blog post - 0xda.de)
- Menu and navigation: The difference (blog post - stevefrenzel.dev)
- Dangerous accessibility assumptions that put everyone at risk (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Whimsica11y: bringing the joy and whimsy to everyone (video/talk - 2025.stateofthebrowser.com)
- Automated accessibility test tools find even less than expected (blog post - linkedin.com)
- Tools of the trade: Accessibility without the cost (blog post - equalentry.com)
- The creative power of constraints (blog post - arun.is)
- News: Colorado OIT amended rulemaking (part 2) (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- The Canvas element (blog post - heydonworks.com)
- Building a more accessible GitHub CLI (blog post - github.blog)
- Why judges blocked the Trump admin’s school DEI crackdown (article - npr.org)
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New to A11y
Dennis Deacon has a short post with ideas for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). It’s short notice (May 15), but you could pull off some of the ideas without massive effort. Of course, you don’t need a special day to do any of these activities.
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