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Remove the focus outline ring when using mouse but keep it for keyboard users for a11y
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/** | |
* Hide the uggly focus outline ring on UI elements for users using mouse | |
* as input device, but enable it as soon as the keyboard is being used. | |
* This is important for keyboard and a11y purposes. | |
* @author https://gist.github.com/victornpb/0aa4aba6e15a2f156a53a7ba995a432e | |
*/ | |
(function () { | |
document.head.appendChild(document.createElement("style")).innerHTML = | |
"body.hide-focus-ring *:focus { outline: none !important; }"; | |
var focusRing = true; | |
document.addEventListener("mousedown", function focusRingHandler() { | |
if (focusRing) document.body.classList.add("hide-focus-ring"); | |
focusRing = false; | |
}); | |
document.addEventListener("keydown", function focusRingHandler() { | |
if (!focusRing) document.body.classList.remove("hide-focus-ring"); | |
focusRing = true; | |
}); | |
})(); |
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