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Re: Accessible Autocomplete Dropdown Menus

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From: Elle
Date: Aug 5, 2011 8:57AM

*On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:32 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> *Now wondering if it makes sense to progressively enhance that
> drop-down into an unordered list of county links. *


Great add, thank you! Since this is for a senior audience, we definitely
want to abide by progressive enhancement rules.


*On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:34 AM, E.J. Zufelt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> *You can take a look at the Drupal 7 autocomplete. It isn't perfect, but
> it gets the job done. There is a public example at
> http://certifiedtorock.com/
> You can try searching for anyone registered on Drupal.org, you can try
> using "Everett Zufelt"
> A screen-reader should announce "Searching" when the search begins, and
> "Autocomplete popup" when the select list appears.*


I will definitely look into the Drupal example, thanks! And, I really like
letting a user know the current state, but just not sure it takes long
enough to announce it out loud. If a user heard "searching" and then
"autocomplete popup" immediately afterwards, would that be confusing?


Thanks,
Elle