sjmcarter
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How Top Tab Through Series

I have a scatter chart using custom marker symbols. I work for a public institution, so the applications I develop need to me certain accessibility criteria. For this chart, I need a way to allow users to tab through all the scatter points. I can tab into the chart and use up/down and left/right keys, but not the tab key. I checked the API and did not see details on using the tab key to examine a series via keyboard.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

For reference, here's an example of the chart I need to tab through: https://imgur.com/a/krYXArE
hubert.k
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Re: How Top Tab Through Series

Hello sjmcarter!
I have forwarded your question to our accessibility developer to give you the best possible answer. I will be back asap.
Regards!
Hubert Kozik
Highcharts Developer
hubert.k
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Re: How Top Tab Through Series

sjmcarter,
We do not have an option in the API to allow moving through points using a tab key instead of arrows, because for many keyboard navigation users it can be very disrupting if they have to tab through all the data points to get past the chart. It could be done by disabling the series navigation from the order (https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/a ... tion.order) and adding a custom component to do it instead https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/a ... Components

Feel free to ask any further questions.
Kind regards!
Hubert Kozik
Highcharts Developer
sjmcarter
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Re: How Top Tab Through Series

Thank you! I appreciate taking the time to research this and giving me an example of an alternative!
hubert.k
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Re: How Top Tab Through Series

You're welcome! In case of any further questions, feel free to contact us again.
Hubert Kozik
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