HTMLElement: tabIndex property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2018.
The tabIndex
property of the
HTMLElement
interface represents the tab order of the current element.
Tab order is as follows:
- Elements with a positive
tabIndex
. Elements that have identicaltabIndex
values should be navigated in the order they appear. Navigation proceeds from the lowesttabIndex
to the highesttabIndex
. - Elements that do not support the
tabIndex
attribute or support it and assigntabIndex
to0
, in the order they appear.
Elements that are disabled do not participate in the tabbing order.
Values don't need to be sequential, nor must they begin with any particular value. They may even be negative, though each browser trims very large values.
Value
An integer.
Examples
js
const b1 = document.getElementById("button1");
b1.tabIndex = 1;
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML # dom-tabindex |
Browser compatibility
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- Full support
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See also
- Accessibility of keyboard-navigable JavaScript widgets
- The HTML
tabindex
global attribute.