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Re: aria combobox

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From: adam solomon
Date: Dec 5, 2011 7:39AM

Thanks guys for the responses. The examples were helpful. I am still
concerned by the following excerpt from the aria spec:

> A presentation of a select <http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#select>;;
> usually similar to a textbox <http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#textbox>;where users can type ahead to select an option, or type to enter arbitrary
> text as a new item in the list. See related listbox<http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#listbox>;
> .
>

This seems to indicate that combobox role is reserved for a widget which
allows selection. My widget does not, and it also does not allow arbitrary
text (except for the purpose of filtering the list). Do you still maintain
that combobox would be relevant even in a non selection widget?

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Gunderson, Jon R < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> It looks like the latest jquery-ui widget for combo box supports ARIA:
>
> http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/combobox.html
>
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 7:52 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] aria combobox
>
> Yes, ARIA is an excellent means for accomplishing this.
>
> You can see an example of this at
> http://whatsock.com/modules/auto_suggestion_search_field_module/demo.htm
> where the same functionality is made fully accessible.
>
> You can see which ARIA attributes are being used within the DOM using
> Firebug (or similar for IE).
>
> There are some important details that you should know about implementing
> ARIA in advance though, which are described in the article at
> https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/2011/12/04/lesser-known-details-that-seriously-impact-the-usage-of-dynamically-generated-aria-behaviors/
>
> Best wishes,
> Bryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "adam solomon" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 5:03 AM
> Subject: [WebAIM] aria combobox
>
>
> > we have a textbox followed by a list of links. The list of links is
> > presented as an autocomplete popup list connected to the textbox. When a
> > user types text into the textbox, the list is opened and filtered. Or,
> one
> > can press the dropdown arrow to open the whole list. The list of links
> > itself immediately follows the textbox in the html. There is no selection
> > here, rathr, the user is presented with the links and must navigate to
> > them
> > and click. How would I connect the textbox with the list in an elegant
> > fashion - is aria combobox relevant? The spec description mentions
> > combobox
> > as being selectable, and our widget is not. Any ideas, aria or other?
> >
> > --
> > adam solomon
> > linkedin <http://il.linkedin.com/pub/adam-solomon/24/449/a4>;
> > blogix <http://adam.blogix.co.il/>;
> >