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Field blurs when focused Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

This field removes focus when tabbed to making it impossible for disabled users to navigate this form via the keyboard.

Help

Using blur() in an onfocus handler makes the form impossible to use with a keyboard. Remove the call to blur() in the onfocus handler.

Applicable standards

  • WCAG 2.0 F55 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level AAA, 2.4.7 level AA, 3.2.1 level A)
  • WCAG 2.1 F55 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level AAA, 2.4.7 level AA, 3.2.1 level A)
  • WCAG 2.2 F55 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level AAA, 2.4.7 level AA, 3.2.1 level A)
  • Section 508 (2017) F55 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level AAA, 2.4.7 level AA, 3.2.1 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

  • 4.7 Jun 2012 Now triggers Section 508 1194.22 (n).
  • 3.0 Dec 2008 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F55-1