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From: Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7200)
Date: Jun 6, 2017 10:00AM

Hi all,

I tried a quick search in the archives and I didn't see anything too current on this, so apologies if I've missed something.

Our developers have put some drop-down menus onto some sites in our Druple environment.
As a JAWS user in IE or Firefox, I run into an annoying situation as I Tab through the link in these menus. If I Tab forward through them, I hear each links in the submenu, and then whatever links come after that submenu. However, if I start reverse-Tabbing back through the links, I end up completely skipping the submenu links.

The first menu they tried was called a Nice Menu I think. They switched to Superfish, since it's supposed to be 508 compliant from what they read. I'm still having this problem.

So, I guess my question is, is this just standard behavior for an accessible drop-down menu that I just don't happen to like, or is this a problem that can be fixed by tweaking the menu or trying another solution?

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.

Courtney