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Re: alternative to use of onChange in select menus

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jun 8, 2011 5:12PM

Is there any reason why you can't just remove the onChange event handler and
add a Go button?


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Angela French
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Subject: [WebAIM] alternative to use of onChange in select menus

I am exploring options to reworking the functionality of the Quicklinks
select (drop down) menu found in top of our global banner on this site:
http://www.sbctc.edu/index.aspx . It relies on the JavaScript onChange
event which makes it unusable to either screen readers or keyboard users
(correct me please if I am wrong).

Does anyone have an example URL they might direct me to of an alternative to
this approach?

Thank you,

Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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