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Re: Select drop-downs in Voiceover on iPhone

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From: Pratik Patel
Date: Apr 23, 2013 8:15AM

Alastair,

With Voiceover on the iPhone, double tapping the select button pops up an
iOS selector. Swiping up and down will allows the user to choose the items.
Pressing the done button allows one to confirm. It's awkward but doable.

Your test below works well. I just tested it.

Regards,

Pratik


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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:57 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Select drop-downs in VoiceOver on iPhone

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if there's a gesture I'm missing or something, as it seems
like select drop-downs don't work in iOS VoiceOver on the iPhone?

I was testing a site, but I created a cut-down page to highlight the issue:
http://alastairc.ac/testing/select-drop-down.html

When selecting the drop-down, the 'wheel' comes up, but swiping around
doesn't get to it. It is fine on the iPad (which uses an inline drop-down),
but not the iPhone.

Has anyone else encountered this?

-Alastair