[jQuery] Re: [ANNOUNCE] jQuery.tabindex plugin

2008-01-17 Thread Colin Clark
Dan, Thanks for getting in touch. Field looks like a great plugin, and does have some interesting overlaps with the code I've been working on. They're quite complimentary, in that my tabindex and keyboard-a11y plugins are designed to work with DOM elements that aren't traditionally focusable,

[jQuery] Re: [ANNOUNCE] jQuery.tabindex plugin

2008-01-15 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Colin, Recently I've been working on a plugin for jQuery that will make adding keyboard accessibility to your user interfaces a lot easier. In the process of working on this, I ran into a number of inconsistencies in the way that browsers handle the tabindex attribute. Getting, setting, and

[jQuery] Re: [ANNOUNCE] jQuery.tabindex plugin

2008-01-15 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Colin, [clip] As mentioned, I'm working on a larger plugin that helps add keyboard handlers for focusing and selecting items with the Tab key and arrow keys, making it easier to support common accessibility keystrokes in your UIs. It's still a work in progress, but please feel free to take a