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Ticket #7907 (closed bug: duplicate)
.focus() does not work on <area> but should according to w3c
| Reported by: | anonymous | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | low | Milestone: | 1.next |
| Component: | unfiled | Version: | 1.4.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocking: | Blocked by: |
Description
Setting the focus to an <area> does not work. However if you use the tab-key for sequential keyboard navigation, you can easily see that areas are / should be focusable.
Related potential bug-report (in some way): http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/7903 ".attr() does not recognize 'shape' in <area>"
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As #7903 contains significantly more detail on this bug and I believe them to both be caused/explaining the same fundamental issue, I'll be closing your ticket as a duplicate. For all further comments on it please refer to the other ticket.