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

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Apr 7, 2017 8:03AM

I know onchange is poor, unfortunately this is within a limited platform application so options are limited. I do not believe we can write standard HTML; just use the options the platform gives us.

Joseph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Brandon Keith Biggs
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 7:04 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Alt+Down arrow in combo box well known?
>
> 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
> > >
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