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From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Jul 7, 2011 7:45AM

Hi all,

My company is going to be updating a public form... and needs to be 508.

A few years ago, I had asked about the ext js 4 framework, and as I
recall was discouraged, but I am asking again.,
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/examples/#sample-11

Using a prototype of the actual form (not public) , I had no problem
accessing the combobox and making a selection using NVDA screenreader.
I also could tab through this with no problem.

Since I am not an expert with a screen reader, I wanted to hear what
others thought.

The other solution maybe to use the combobox in Richfaces.

http://richfaces-showcase.appspot.com/richfaces/component-sample.jsf?demo=ajax&;sample=selectsUpdates&skin=blueSky
I did not run NVDA but could access it without a mouse.

When I did a view source on this sample, I did not like the amount of
clientside coding here.

Thanks in advance

Nancy Johnson