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

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Apr 7, 2017 7:35AM

I agree, Jim; I'm glad you said this. Whenever we come across a difficult problem to solve for a complicated widget, we always true back to what the default behavior of the operating system is.

Nick

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jim Homme
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 9:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?

Hi,
It's the screen reader user's responsibility to learn how to use their computer. This is a Windows key stroke.

Jim


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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Roger Hudson
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 8:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?

+1

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ryan E. Benson
Sent: Friday, 7 April 2017 9:27 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?

Remember accessibility goes beyond screen readers, some people who need accessibility don't use screen readers, and maybe no AT all,for example some with mobility impairments. I would drop the level of people who know about alt+down to near zero from that category.

Ryan E. Benson

On Apr 6, 2017 13:00, "Joseph Sherman" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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