Can you tab through all radio buttons?

Question

I have a list of radio buttons. when I tab through them, seems like only the first radio button or the one that is selected will get focused, the rest of the radio buttons will get skipped. checkbox didnt have this problem.

http://jsfiddle.net/2Bd32/

I have a hard time to explain to my QA this is not a bug. can someone please explain to me why this happens.

Soccer: <input type="checkbox" name="sports" value="soccer"  tabindex="1" /><br />
Football: <input type="checkbox" name="sports" value="football"  tabindex="2" /><br /> 

<input type="radio" name="num" value="3" tabindex="3">3<br>
<input type="radio" name="num" value="4" tabindex="4">4<br>
<input type="radio" name="num" value="5" tabindex="5">5<br>
<input type="radio" name="num" value="6" tabindex="6">6<br>
<input type="radio" name="num" value="7" tabindex="7">7<br>

Baseball: <input type="checkbox" name="sports" value="baseball"  tabindex="8"  /><br /> 
Basketball: <input type="checkbox" name="sports" value="basketball"  tabindex="9"  />

Answer 1

You can cite the W3C as your source, here and here.

Essentially a radio button is a group that functions as a single element since it retains only a single value. Tabbing to a radio group will bring you to the first item and then using the arrow keys you navigate within the group.

• Focus can move to a radio group via:
  • The Tab key
  • An Access Key or mnemonic targeting the label
  • Activation of the label (through Assistive Technology mechanism)
• The Tab key moves focus between radio button groups and other widgets.
• When focus is on the group and when no radio button is selected:
  • Tab key press moves focus to the first radio button in the group, but does not select the radio button.
  • Shift+Tab key press moves focus to the last radio button in the group, but does not select the radio button.
• When focus moves to the group in which a radio button is selected, pressing Tab and Shift+Tab keys move focus to the radio button that is checked.
• Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys move focus and selection.
  • Up Arrow key press moves focus and selection forward through the radio buttons in the group. If the first radio button has focus, then focus and selection move to the last radio button in the group.
  • Down Arrow key press moves focus and selection backward through the radio buttons in the group. If the last radio button has focus, then focus and selection move to the first radio button in the group. * Space Bar key press checks the radio button that currently has focus.
• When re-entering the group, focus returns to the point of previous focus (the item with selection set).
• Pressing the Tab key exits the group and moves focus to the next form control.
• Pressing the Shift+Tab keys exits the group and moves focus to the previous form control.