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Going back in Browser, last Visited Link (self.Blind)
submitted by EconomyWish
Is there some trick to focusing on the last visited link after going back a page? More specifically, when you hit ALT + Left Arrow on the keyboard (to go back a page), the browser just puts keyboard focus back to the top of the page; or sometimes to a random spot on the page. I would expect focus to remain on the last visited link but I'm not seeing that on most sites.
Edit: I noticed that in Incognito mode, the last visited link is usually not active. In Regular mode, the last visited link is sometimes active, sometimes not (i.e., the behavior is inconsistent).
Edit: I noticed that in Incognito mode, the last visited link is usually not active. In Regular mode, the last visited link is sometimes active, sometimes not (i.e., the behavior is inconsistent).
pitermach 2 points 4y ago
It really depends on the site. For the most part, JAWS and NVDA will do their best to focus the last link you were on in Chrome and Firefox, and if the site isn't too complex, this will usually work. However, a lot of the web these days is dynamic, and often if you're searching for something the site will load in new content as you scroll down, for instance YouTube does this. In those cases after you go back a page, the additional content you scrolled through was unloaded so the screen reader has no way to go back to it.
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The 2 strategies I use for this are as follows: If the page loads in content as you scroll and I know I'll be returning to it, I just opened subpages in new tabs. Then the focus is always in the same place after I close the tab. On the other hand if the page is consistent, but I wasn't put back on the correct spot I just go to the end of the page and hit Shift+V to go back through visited links.
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The 2 strategies I use for this are as follows: If the page loads in content as you scroll and I know I'll be returning to it, I just opened subpages in new tabs. Then the focus is always in the same place after I close the tab. On the other hand if the page is consistent, but I wasn't put back on the correct spot I just go to the end of the page and hit Shift+V to go back through visited links.
EconomyWish [OP] 1 points 4y ago
I see it now. I finally realized what I was getting stuck on: NVDA has trouble with SVG image links and also in-page links, both of which were the first two things I was trying to check.
Do you have any special strategy for in-page links? For example, pressing the back button on a one-page site seems kind of unworkable. Though I suppose you could open in-page links in new tabs too.
Do you have any special strategy for in-page links? For example, pressing the back button on a one-page site seems kind of unworkable. Though I suppose you could open in-page links in new tabs too.
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