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Re: alternative to use of onChange in select menus

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From: Angela French
Date: Jun 8, 2011 5:18PM

That is certainly an option. Researching others as well.

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Steve Green
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] alternative to use of onChange in select menus

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
Sent: 08 June 2011 23:47
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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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