13023 2011-06-23 09:24:58 +0000 removing CSS outline bad for accessibility 2012-04-20 02:55:47 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED a11y, WGDecision P2 normal --- 1 faulkner.steve ian ian jfoliot laura.lee.carlson mike public-html-a11y public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking rubys public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 50147 0 faulkner.steve 2011-06-23 09:24:58 +0000 the spec currently encourages authors to hide outlines on focusable elements: "...if you find the focus ring unsightly. Instead, use a CSS rule to override the 'outline' property. For example, to hide the outline from links, you could use: :link:focus, :visited:focus { outline: none; }" http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#element-level-focus-apis recommend removing or rewording as the removal of CSS outlines is a well known usability/accessibility issue. references: http://webaim.org/blog/plague-of-outline-0/ http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201104/keyboard_accessibility_again/ 52512 1 mike 2011-08-04 05:02:09 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1 54523 2 ian 2011-08-10 01:06:22 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Authors want to do this. If they're going to do it anyway, let's at least push them towards doing it the way that is trivially made accessible rather than what they do now (which is to move the focus around). 62659 3 faulkner.steve 2012-01-13 10:03:13 +0000 escalating to issue https://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/193 issue name: Remove CSS example that promotes inaccessible content. 66334 4 rubys 2012-04-02 16:25:07 +0000 Decision: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Mar/0786.html Change Proposal: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/outlinenone 66880 5 rubys 2012-04-20 02:55:47 +0000 http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7057&to=7058