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From: Vincent Young
Date: Oct 27, 2011 7:03PM

Also, if we should not pick or program behavior that is specific to one
browser or assistive technology then what should the standard be? If we
should look toward the AOL DHTML Style Guide (
http://dev.aol.com/dhtml_style_guide#combobox) for interaction standards I
am fine with that, but in terms of what should be read and how I am
uncertain.

For example when you have an aria combobox focused and closed when you type
the first letter in which is the start of one of the listitems, that list
items gets selected (just like in a native select). However in many
browsers/assistive technology proper notification is not given to the user a
change has occurred so a hack must be implemented. How and what should be
read is what I am wondering.


On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Vincent Young < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> 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
>>