joelpurra/emulatetab — Issue #1: IE7 doesn't skip <a> without href?
Author: joelpurra
Created: 2012-02-15 06:40:39+00:00
State: open
Labels: Bug, Confirmed bug, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Tests fail

[Originally reported](https://github.com/joelpurra/skipontab/issues/2) for [SkipOnTab](https://github.com/joelpurra/skipontab/). The tests fail for `` without any `href=""` attribute. Could be related to what elements receive focus, or how the emulated focus is handled. I would guess it is because IE7 incorrectly reports `` as ``, which means EmulateTab thinks the link can receive focus when it actually can not.

* Try [running the demo with IE7](http://joelpurra.github.com/emulatetab/example/demo.html). Emulated tabbing stops just above the link without `href`.
* The [tests show the same result in IE7](http://joelpurra.github.com/emulatetab/example/demo.html), failing for ``.
* Since I don't actually have any usable IE7 installed, IE7-mode in IE9 was used for testing. Please test if you have the real IE7 installed.

Should it be worked around, or left as is?