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Re: alternative to use of onChange in select menus

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From: Angela French
Date: Jun 9, 2011 9:06AM

I could not make that happen in IE. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong.

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Donald Evans
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 6:31 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] alternative to use of onChange in select menus

The keyboard only user may also interact with the select box (using an
onChange) with the control+enter keys and then Enter to select the option.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> also note that in browsers other than IE the navigation of the select
> options uisng the keyboard does not cause the onchange event to fire,
> the user having selected an option must press enter to activate the event.
>
> --
> with regards
>
> Steve Faulkner
> Technical Director - TPG
>
> www.paciellogroup.com |
> www.HTML5accessibility.com<;http://www.html5accessibility.com/>;|
> www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner
> HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives -
> dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar -
> www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
>
>
>
> On 9 June 2011 13:48, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Use of onChange on a dropdown menu is certainly not a best practice
> > for accessibility, but it is not a drop dead barrier either. Screen
> > reader
> and
> > other keyboard users can use the dropdown if they open it with
> > alt+down arrow, then move to their selection and tab out of the
> > control. The
> problem
> > occurs if they simply try to use the down arrow without opening the
> control.
> > Some folks argue that these folks are simply not using their
> > keyboards correctly.
> >
> > Michael Moore
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
> > <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Angela French
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:47 PM
> > To: 'WebAim Forum ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )'
> > 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
> > <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
> >
> >