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Re: Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Apr 6, 2017 5:04PM

Hello,
If you would like the feel to be the same for blind and sighted
users,couldn't one just check for click, space and return rather than the
onchange event?
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Beranek, Nicholas <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> It's also a violation of SC 3.2.2 On Input to change context upon
> selecting an option.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> > On Apr 6, 2017, at 6:34 PM, Bossley, Peter A. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > I would say that you can't rely on them knowing about expanding select
> boxes. Also, Changing something based on someone arrowing through a select
> list is a bad idea for a few reasons, but mostly because screen reader
> users might not be aware of the change. Worse yet is if the change involves
> moving focus or loading a new page, that'll create issues for both screen
> reader and keyboard users.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Sherman
> > Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2017 1:01 PM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?
> >
> > 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
> >
> > > > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> > > > > > > > > > > >
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