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Usage

Values

Elements

Despite what the HTML 4 specification says, Internet Explorer and Firefox recognize the tabindex attribute on any element.

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | div.tabIndex reflects <div tabindex="42"> | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |

Further reading

• The tabindex attribute in HTML 5
• The tabindex attribute in HTML 4
• The tabindex attribute on MSDN
• The history of the tabindex attribute on blooberry.com
• Key-navigable custom DHTML widgets
• Getting, setting, and removing tabindex values with JavaScript