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Re: table paging

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From: adam solomon
Date: Feb 5, 2011 11:39AM

We still have to take into consideration keyboard (not blind) users

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:43 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> usually with screen reader users in a dropdown menu they can type the
> appropriatae page number once they are on the menu and it will take them to
> the appropriate page so as to not have to use the arrow keys.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "adam solomon" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:19 AM
> Subject: [WebAIM] table paging
>
>
> > What is the best way to implement a simple yet accessible paging. The two
> > standard ways I see all over the place are:
> > 1. set of numbers, each one a link to that particular numbered page, with
> > arrow links to navigate to different sets of pages.
> > 2. dropdownlist with all the pages, and a button next to it - choose the
> > page number and press go.
> >
> > I personally prefer the second option - simple and to the point, and
> > easier
> > to markp up correctly. Yet, I am worried about a situation where there
> are
> > many pages (500) and a keyboard user would have to navigate all the way
> > down
> > with arrow keys. The truth is that this is a problem even in the
> numbering
> > paging - the user would have to suffer a number of postbacks before
> > getting
> > to the correct set of pages.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > --
> > adam solomon
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> > blogix <http://adam.blogix.co.il/>;
> >