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Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Apr 6, 2017 11:00AM

Do screen reader users generally know to use Alt+Down arrow in combo box to list all possible choices?

We have a giant combo box for Country of Citizenship with 200+ options. If the user does not use Alt+Arrow to list choices, the screen reader does not tell them "X of 200".

Also it calculates whether to show Country of Birth or Residency Status "onchange", which is bad code, avoided if using Alt+Down arrow

Thanks.

Joseph