Accessibility Test Focus

Author and publication date

This article was published by Nicolas Rose.
September 28th, 2009

Overview

Please take a look at the JavaScript file to view how to proceed.
The setTimeout function is the key to move the focus successfully to the newly created item.
Object used in the setTimeout must be declared in the global scope.

The test

Clicking on this link will create a new list item on the list and will NOT move the focus on the newly created item.
This new list item is not a link or form input (common focusable html element) but a simple li tag.

Tested with

Jaws 7.10, Jaws 8, Jaws 9 and Jaws 10.

Special Thanks

Donald F. Evans and C. Blouch for the Moving Focus for Accessibility 1.1.3 article.