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Re: Opinions on Custom Select Menu Behavior

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Oct 27, 2011 6:45PM

You're right. Not sure, why I thought they were using ARIA. Better
example:http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/dojox/form/DropDownSelect.html.
I'm trying to come up with an ARIA solution that will work today. Just
want to make sure users are OK with the disconnect. If I am using the
combobox role for the select menu it is notified as combobox, but in
Safari/VoiceOver the native select is notified as a menu. Have you or
anyone run into any issues with this? Thanks.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> The Filament Group custom select menu has an actual <select> menu that
> is interacted with. This means that the behavior will be typical for
> the browser it is presented in. There's no need to pick or program
> behavior that is specific to one browser or assistive technology.
>
> Jared Smith
> WebAIM.org
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