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Re: jaws key for flyout menus?

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From: Humbert, Joseph A
Date: Nov 2, 2011 5:51AM

James,



There is no special key, per say. However, the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has guidelines and authoring practices for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA). In this case I would recommend you follow the authoring practices for a "Menu" widget, http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#menu. It specifies how the keyboard should act with a menu, in your case a fly-out menu. Ryan is correct in that your menu does not need to fly out if coded correctly when using JAWS, but following the W3C WAI-ARIA authoring practices will make it more universal accessible. I hope this would be you goal.


Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist
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