# Unable to focus on new topic link that appears on the page via keyboard

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [4월 3, 2018, 4:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437 "2018-04-03T04:48:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![sivakumar\_k](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sivakumar_k/32/120163_2.png) [@sivakumar\_k](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sivakumar_k)
#### Post date: [4월 3, 2018, 4:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437/1 "2018-04-03T04:48:16Z")

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**Here’s a recording of it:**

 ![new-msg-focus](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/b/6bcfb8462689fca20af83e7d51b4f73e607c2e1d.gif)

**The markup for the link that comes up on the page:**

 ![40](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/5/75fea834819487677111f2b28910b0bb020c514f.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [7월 9, 2018, 10:39오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437/2 "2018-07-09T22:39:06Z")

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Could this be a starter task @sam? Accessibility requires that this be navigable via keyboard, but something about the way it is dynamically inserted with JavaScript must be interfering.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [7월 10, 2018, 1:36오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437/3 "2018-07-10T01:36:32Z")

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Maybe … it could be a tiny bit tricky, perhaps @misaka4e21 can have a quick look at this. Maybe its as easy as adding a tabindex, but maybe markup needs changing, not sure.

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### Author: ![misaka4e21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@misaka4e21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/misaka4e21)
#### Post date: [7월 10, 2018, 5:17오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437/4 "2018-07-10T05:17:20Z")

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[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6081](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6081)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [7월 12, 2018, 4:36오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-focus-on-new-topic-link-that-appears-on-the-page-via-keyboard/84437/5 "2018-07-12T04:36:31Z")

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