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Re: alternative to use of onChange in select menus

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From: Angela French
Date: Jun 9, 2011 9:12AM

Thanks Deborah. As it seems there is no standard browser behavior and users may or may not know work-arounds to this type of functionality, it seems safest not to use it.

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On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Angela French wrote:

> Michael - leave it to a sighted person (me), to not know how to use their keyboard. So would you say that most keyboard and screen reader users would presumably know more than I did and would be able to successfully make a selection from my QuickLinks list, and it's not something I need to change? Would others concur?

I'm a keyboard (voice, which is effectively keyboard) user, and I'm a web developer and I specialize in accessibility, and I DID NOT KNOW THIS.

So I do not concur.

-Deborah