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Re: onchange event in html select

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From: Jason Megginson
Date: Jan 27, 2011 9:06AM

On Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:22 AM, Jared Smith wrote:

> Is it 'technically' accessible? >Yes. Is it functionally very friendly
and > usable to many users? No.

I think this is a great statement. Users may be able to open the html
select list with "alt+down arrow" and navigate (inspect) the options with
the arrow keys. A user can cancel a selection with the "Esc" key avoiding
the event from being invoked. However if a user presses "Tab" with the
list opened the event will fire.

Some users may not know to navigate the lists in this manner. We also
suggest that an adjacent button (sans onchange event) is the most
accessible and usable option.

Jason Megginson
SSB BART Group
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