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mobe07
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June 25, 2013
Question

Captivate window doesn't get focus in Chrome and Firefox. How to tab to it?

  • June 25, 2013
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Hi,

I'm testing out keyboard access to the Captivate window. In Chrome and Firefox, the player doesn't get focus so you can't tab through the captivate features in FF and Chrome. How can it be keyboard accessible in Chrome and FF? I did manage to get focus in Chrome by adding this to the swfobject in the html file:

so.addParam("tabindex", "0");

But it doesn't work in FF. I'd like a solution that output correctly so I don't have to edit that for publish. Does anyone have any solutions or insight into the overall question of keyboard accessibility in chrome and firefox or details for this question.

Thanks in advance.

Monique

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HimanshuSatija
Adobe Employee
HimanshuSatija
Adobe Employee
June 25, 2013

Hi Monique,

Please check the link : http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/kb/tab-key-within-captivate-swf.html

This issue has been fixed in latest version of Captivate (Captivate 7) in which you get the option of SeamlessTabbing at the time of publishing.

Thanks and Regards

Himanshu Satija

HimanshuSatija
Adobe Employee
HimanshuSatija
Adobe Employee
June 25, 2013

Hi there,

Try this, Open your Published .HTML file in Notepad--

Locate the lines where you have so.addparam and add the following code and save it --

so.addParam("SeamlessTabbing", "false");

Relaunch the file in Web Browser (Firefox or Google Chrome).

Thanks and Regards

Himanshu Satija

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mobe07Author
Participant
June 25, 2013

Thank you Himanshu.

I have tried it both set to true and to false with the same results. The tabbing does not actually tab through the captivate features. Any thoughts?

Monique

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mobe07Author
Participant
June 27, 2013

Thank you Himanshu,

but that's not exactly what my issue is. This link describes the undesired effect of ending up outisde of the player window and in the browser.

My problem is kind of the opposite. When I launch the page in the html file I cannot use the tab key to get to any of the controls in the captivate window. I'm stuck in the browser unless I click on the captivate window. That is not acceptable if we want it accessible without using a mouse. I found a way to make it work for chrome like I stated above, but not in FF. Do you have any ideas for this?

Thanks!

Monique

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