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Tabs: added keyboard accessibility. Fixes #3079. Tabs were not accessible #205

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62 changes: 61 additions & 1 deletion ui/jquery.ui.tabs.js
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Expand Up @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.tabs", {
that.running = false;

that.element.addClass( "ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" );

that._processTabs();

if ( active === null ) {
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self.panels = self.panels.add( panel );
}
$( a ).attr( "aria-controls", selector.substring( 1 ) );

// Keyboard Accessibility :
$( a ).keydown( function( event ){
// find current, previous, next, first and last tab
var current = self._getPanelForTab( event.currentTarget )[0];
var first = self.panels[0];
var last = self.panels[self.panels.length-1];
var next = $( current ).next( ".ui-tabs-panel" ).first();
if ( next.length == 0 ) {
next = first;
} else {
next = next[0];
}
var prev = $( current ).prev( ".ui-tabs-panel" ).first();
if ( prev.length == 0 ) {
prev = last;
} else {
prev = prev[0];
}
// Open / focus the appropriate tab:
var keyCode = $.ui.keyCode;
if ( event.ctrlKey ) {
switch( event.keyCode ) {
case keyCode.LEFT:
case keyCode.UP:
$( 'a[href="#' + prev.id + '"]' ).focus();
break;
case keyCode.RIGHT:
case keyCode.DOWN:
$( 'a[href="#' + next.id + '"]' ).focus();
break;
}
} else {
switch( event.keyCode ) {
case keyCode.PAGE_UP:
case keyCode.LEFT:
case keyCode.UP:
self._activate( prev.id );
$( 'a[href="#' + prev.id + '"]' ).focus();
break;
case keyCode.PAGE_DOWN:
case keyCode.RIGHT:
case keyCode.DOWN:
self._activate( next.id );
$( 'a[href="#' + next.id + '"]' ).focus();
break;
case keyCode.SPACE:
self._activate( current.id );
break;
case keyCode.HOME:
self._activate( first.id );
$( 'a[href="#' + first.id + '"]' ).focus();
break;
case keyCode.END:
self._activate( last.id );
$( 'a[href="#' + last.id + '"]' ).focus();
break;
}
}
});
});
},

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