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Re: Need Accessibility solution for Fliter Options in the website

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jul 22, 2011 8:18AM

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:23 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Onclick of any filter options page is refreshed but
> the disabled user is not informed in adavance regarding the same.

In your example, I don't think anyone would be aware of the page
refresh. I don't see any necessity to inform screen reader users (I'm
assuming this is what you mean by "disabled user") of a refresh that
sighted users will be equally unaware of.

> 1)    Normally one solution is to provide button, user will filter the
> options and then click on search but here comes the usability issues for
> normal peoples.

Buttons are used all the time by those with and without disabilities.
Next to links, they are the most common way of requesting page
changes. I see no issue with presenting a button in this situation.
This would likely be the most accessible and intuitive approach.

To summarize, I would suggest:
1. Leaving as it is and cause the page refresh. This seems to be
equally inaccessible to all users, so isn't very optimal.
2. Rather than causing a page refresh, you could use scripting to
modify the page to present the appropriate content updates after the
checkbox is selected.
3. Use a standard button to submit the form information.

Jared