Moving Focus After an Action
Send focus where the user needs it next.
Focus Is the User's Cursor
For keyboard and screen reader users, focus is where they are on the page. After an action, you decide where that point lands next.
Why Move Focus at All
When a button reveals new content, focus often stays put and the user never learns anything changed. Moving focus brings them to the result.
All lessons in this course
- tabindex 0, -1, and Never Positive
- Moving Focus After an Action
- Returning Focus When a Layer Closes
- Managing roving tabindex in Widgets