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Screen-friendly pageOverview of Focus Tests
"A tenet of keyboard accessibility is reliable, persistent indication of focus. The author is responsible, in the scripts, for maintaining visual and programmatic focus and observing accessible behavior rules. Screen readers and keyboard-only users rely on focus to operate rich internet applications with the keyboard." -- WAI-ARIA Best Practices
The browser focus tests were designed to assess the default focus behavior of current browsers. These tests demonstrate that the default focus behavior is inconsistent across different browsers. Application authors should not rely on the default behavior. Refer to section 3.2 (Providing Keyboard Focus) of the W3C WAI-ARIA Best Practices guidelines for more information
Each test page contains controls to allow users to perform tests and a table containing the results for browsers tested by iCITA. The following browsers were tested:
| Browser | Operating System | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Mac OS X 10.6 | |
| Firefox 3.6.3 | X | X |
| Safari 4.05 | X | X |
| Opera 10.5.4 | X | X |
| Chrome 5.0.375.70 | X | X |
| Internet Explorer 8 | X | - |
| Internet Explorer 7 | X | - |
| Internet Explorer 6 | X | - |