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From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Date: May 29, 2009 12:45AM

On 29/5/09 07:36, Gary Williamson wrote:
> I'm just trying to find some definitive answers to the accessibility of
> drop down menus. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Are they
> compliant with WCAG priority 2 guidelines?

You mean WCAG 1.0 rather than 2.0?

Usually not. Most aren't operable with the keyboard (Checkpoint 9.2 in
WCAG 1.0 and Guideline 2.1 in WCAG 2.0). But it depends on the
implementation.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis