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Decision: Focus in left nav submenu

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Britta edited this page Jul 13, 2021 · 5 revisions
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Date started 2021-07-13
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Background/context

When navigating by keyboard, "focus" seems to disappear within the left nav sidebar on a content page, because it gets inside the submenus (various sections) without being displayed. This is confusing - but what should we do instead?

Core question

Need to figure out what to do with the focus when it goes into the submenu (seems to disappear) - or leave it be?

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