Support tabindex in SVG, don't make every <svg> focusable by default

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Author
Amelia B.
Created
Jul 6, 2016
Privacy
This issue is public.
Found in
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Internet Explorer
Found in build #
13.10586
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Reported by 1 person

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Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce: create a web-page with inline SVG content. Try to tab through it.

IE & Edge make every <svg> element on a page keyboard focusable. This is inconsistent with other browsers, with the specs, and with user & author expectations. It is a major usability issue when there are lots of small SVG icons in a web page.

IE & Edge do respect the focusable attribute that was introduced in SVG Tiny 1.2, but that is obsolete and not supported in other major web browsers. SVG 2 uses tabindex, like HTML.

https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/interact.html#Focus

The related user voice request (currently 24 votes): https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edge-developer/suggestions/7055797-make-svg-elements-non-focusable-by-default

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    • Microsoft Edge Team

      Bogdan B. Jul 6, 2016 2016-07-06T01:38:06.327Z

      Changed Status to “External”

    • Anonymous Jul 6, 2016 2016-07-06T01:38:43.25Z Microsoft Edge Team

      This issue has been resolved External. This means this issue may require a new feature to be implemented or other work that is more significant than a typical bug. You may be able to find more information on this issue by searching for related features on status.microsoftedge.com and uservoice.microsoftedge.com.

    • Amelia B. Aug 2, 2016 2016-08-02T21:21:25.88Z

      Fixed in EdgeHTML 14.14393

      Thanks folks!

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