Microsoft is looking to simplify Keyboard Navigation with “focusgroup.” They are previewing “focusgroup” in Edge to simplify building keyboard-accessible complex navigation (menus, toolbars, tabs) without relying on difficult tabindex usage.
Tabindex is underused and hard to get right; developers often write complex code or add JavaScript libraries, increasing maintenance and page load time.
The World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) require the use of navigation elements like tabindex.
Microsoft open-sourced focusgroup in 2022, contributed an implementation to Chromium, and has published details while requesting developer feedback during early testing in Edge.
Focusgroup is intended to help sites meet WCAG/accessibility and legal requirements, improve performance, and broaden keyboard-only usability across browsers.
Read more about “focusgroup” on The Register
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