tabindex and accessibility

[DavidFHenry51]

Hi,

Testing accessibility I get the following.

“Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0”

I need to remove the tabindex to the make our pages accessible, can you let me know how?

David

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

The only way to remove the tab indexes is by editing the core plugin files. Please note, by removing those tab indexes the magnifier icon will not be selectable – those explicit tab indexes were used to make it more accessible.

The file you need to edit is wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-pro/includes/views/asp.shortcode.probox.php lines 38 and 79. If you simply remove those attributes, it will resolve the issue.

[DavidFHenry51]

Thanks, I’ve done that. Is there a way to override it?

[Ernest Marcinko]

I’m afraid no override is possible for this file. You could use a custom script to remove all tabindexes though – although I am not exactly sure if that resolves it:

add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_footer_asp_custom_remove_tabindex', 9999);
function wp_footer_asp_custom_remove_tabindex() {
	?>
	<script>
	(function($){
		$('*[tabindex]').removeAttr('tabindex');
		setTimeout(function(){
			$('*[tabindex]').removeAttr('tabindex');
		}, 1000);
	})(jQuery);
	</script>
	<?php
}

[DavidFHenry51]

This would save me time on future updates, but your right, I’m not sure I trust removing tabindex in the first place.

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