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Re: Required Field Indicators for Drop-down List - VoiceOver

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 22, 2014 2:08PM

what does your non-filled-in select look like, in terms of markup? with some exception, a select always starts off with one option already selected, so it would fulfill any required constraint. perhaps this is why it's usually not announced?

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Patrick H. Lauke


> On 22 Jul 2014, at 20:49, Thad C < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Greetings Group,
>
> I am finding that VoiceOver reads required text fields with
> aria-required = true. However, it does not read when applied to a
> Drop-down list element. Any feedback?
>
> Thanks!
> > >