Provide keyboard navigation within individual portlets.
Description
At the moment, we navigate between portals on the page using the arrow keys. Based on design specifications, we'd like to create a coherent, unified approach to navigating between portlets and within each one.
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Michelle D'Souza February 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Closing issues that were resolved for 1.0 and earlier releases.
Michelle D'Souza April 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Jonathan tested the potlet reordering and confirmed that we can navigate inside a portlet with the keyboard.
Jonathan Hung April 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM
The multiple focus is the most confusing aspect of the mock-up. When a link is selected using a tab, I expect that hitting down-arrow will move me to the next link below, but instead the portal changes focus to the next to the right.
I guess I was expecting the same behaviour that is possible with the outer (portal) container to apply to the contents inside the container. (Arrow keys navigate within a list).
Food for thought: What if a portal container contains multiple items not necessarily in a list (like a Weather portlet with a 5 day forecast horizontally and a list of the days in the extended 14 day forcast below that... and each item "clickable"). How will a user navigate that given the above portal navigation scheme?
Michelle D'Souza April 7, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Jonathan, can you take a look at this?
Michelle D'Souza April 7, 2008 at 7:41 PM
A thorough testing and assessment of this behaviour is needed to ensure that keyboard navigation works as expected.
At the moment, we navigate between portals on the page using the arrow keys. Based on design specifications, we'd like to create a coherent, unified approach to navigating between portlets and within each one.