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Re: Feedback request for jQuery UI autocomplete accessibiliting

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Apr 24, 2012 3:57PM

Everett,

I tried this with ZoomText 9.1 and JAWS 12 with IE8 for both.

ZT: The textbox is not announced as anything special, just the label.

JAWS12: Text box is announced as autocomplete. Pressing down takes me
out of Forms Mode, I thought it would stay in the options. I had to
shift+tab to get it back, then could use the arrows to view/navigate
the autocomplete options. I could never get it to read the top option
in the second link.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:33 PM, E.J. Zufelt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> I'm looking for feedback on accessibility improvements to the jQuery UI autocomplete widget. In particular there are two demos that need review. Below are the links to the demos and known bugs.
>
> 1. Default
> http://view.jqueryui.com/autocomplete-aria/demos/autocomplete/default.html
>
> Pressing the down arrow to select from the list of suggestions reads the name of each selection twice.
>
> 2. Multiple
> http://view.jqueryui.com/autocomplete-aria/demos/autocomplete/multiple.html
>
> After the autocomplete popup message pressing the down arrow once seems to go to the second element in the popup list. Also, pressing enter on an element doesn't always select it.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Everett Zufelt
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