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Re: WAI ARIA help.. select boxes that are populated via AJAX

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From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Jul 30, 2012 12:18PM

Thank you for all your answers...

Nancy


On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Gunderson, Jon R < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Do NOT added aria-live to the combobox.
>
> Here are examples of aria enabled comboboxes.
>
> 1. http://hanshillen.github.com/jqtest/#goto_autocomplete
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> 2. http://oaa-accessibility.org/examples/role/77/
>
> Jon
>
>
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> On 7/30/12 4:42 AM, "Steve Green" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>>I don't think you need any ARIA markup for this. We have tested this type
>>of
>>functionality with screen reader users several times and they have always
>>been able to understand what is happening. The article you mentioned
>>acknowledges that it is necessary for the user to have this understanding.
>>If they don't, then the ARIA won't help them. If they do, our experience
>>suggests that they don't need the ARIA.
>>
>>Steve Green
>>Test Partners Ltd
>>
>>