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Re: Drop down menus?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Mar 17, 2010 11:03AM

Just as an aside, when I first started using a screen reader I had
no idea how to access a drop down menu, took a few years before I clued in. :O)

cheers

Geof
At 11:24 AM 3/17/2010, you wrote:
>I have found these to work quite well. Having them triggered with an
>onChange event can be a bit of a processing issue when the user
>works with a keyboard and uses the down arrow to move through the
>list. The onChange event is triggered each time the user moves to
>the next selection in the list.
>
>Mike Moore
>
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>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Liv Detrick
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 1:13 PM
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>Subject: [WebAIM] Dropdown menus?
>
>Hello,
>
>I was wondering if anyone has any experience with dynamic drop down menus
>within a web form... a typical example would be two dropdown menus; one with
>a list of countries, and one with a list of cities. Once you choose a
>country, the second dropdown refreshes to include a list of cities within
>your chosen country.
>
>I've seen this done with the javascript onChange command or with AJAX... but
>I'm unsure of their accessibility... does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thank you!
>
>Liv
>
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> > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:24 -0500
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible Flash Authoring Tool
> > Hello,
> > Is there any information about the accessibility of Adobe Flash CS4
> > Professional, or other Flash authoring tools? Much is made about Flash
> > accessibility when it comes to the end Flash components. But what about the
> > authoring tools? What can a screen reader user do with current tools?
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> > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:17 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible Flash Authoring Tool
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> > I am sure you will find good information here:
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> > http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/flash/best_practices.html
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> > > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:24 -0500
> > > Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible Flash Authoring Tool
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > Is there any information about the accessibility of Adobe Flash CS4
> > > Professional, or other Flash authoring tools? Much is made about Flash
> > > accessibility when it comes to the end Flash components. But what about
> > the
> > > authoring tools? What can a screen reader user do with current tools?
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Travis Roth
> > >
> > >
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