We are currently trying to certify our product for Section 508 compliance.
This requires that all features can be accessed via the keyboard alone.
I am able to drop down the 3 tabs of the color picker using F4 but this does not transfer focus to the dropped down control. I have not found any way to a) move up/down within the open tab/list b) switch from one tab to another
Are there built-in shortcuts to do these things?
If not, how do I implement this functionality?
ThanksMike
Hello Mike,
I have created two separate cases based on this behavior CAS-49638-9CXKL7 and CAS-50071-W9VTQ8.
You will be notified through them about our progress regarding this behavior.
Please let us know if you have any other questions with this matter.
Hi Mike,
Hmm... that looks like a bug to me. I would have thought that Enter would work, but I see that it does not.
It also appears that Ctrl+Tab does not work until after I press one of the arrow keys.
I'm going to forward this thread over to Infragistics Developer Support so they can have them reviewed by development and fixed.
Apparently the focus problem was fixed in a later version.
I upgraded to version 10.2 and focus now moves to the color tabs as expected.
There is however still a problem.I can use Ctrl+Tab to switch between the tabs, and use the arrow keys to select the color I want but I can not find a key that accepts the color and returns me to the 'text' part of the color picker. (ie a key that closes the dropdown dialog.I tried Enter and Space in combination with Ctrl etc, but nothing works.(Even ESC fails to close it)
That still means it fails the Section 508 compiance test.
Any ideas?
Mike
Please let us know if you need any further assistance.
I ran a couple of different tests with the sample you attached here and I could not see any problems. Here's what I did:
Test 1
Run the sample.
Click on the DropDownArrow on the ColorPicker.
Press the up/down arrows keys.
Test 2
Press Tab to tab into the ColorPicker.
Press F4 to drop it down.
In both case, the up/down arrow moves the focus through the list of colors on the System tab. The Left and right arrows also do the same thing.
I doubt that this makes much difference, but I should mention that I am using the oldest supported version of the controls - the latest service release of NetAdvantage 2009 Vol 2. I don't have Volume 1 on my machine to test with any more. So it's possible that this was a bug that has been fixed. If you do not already have it, you might want to try getting the latest service release for 2009.1.
How to get the latest service release - Infragistics Community
The service release is free, and it might help.
If not, then you might want to try downloading a trial version of the latest release (2010.2) and see if you get the same behavior in that version. If so, then I suspect that the issue might be specific to your machine. Are you able to reproduce this issue on more than one PC?