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Re: Arrow Keys Navigable Hover Drop-Down Menu?

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Jun 21, 2012 12:51PM


"There really is so much work and code to put into making a accessible hover
navigation menu that works with arrow keys."

True, which is why I created all of the complex control templates at
WhatSock.com, including the ARIA Menu module at
http://whatsock.com/modules/aria_tabs_menu_modules/demo.htm

For example, the ARIA Menu simply references standard list markup at
http://whatsock.com/modules/aria_tabs_menu_modules/files/menus.htm
So as you can see from the markup, there is no ARIA and no scripting. All of
this is configured automatically by AccDC to make widgets fully scalable in
any environment.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J. Adam" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Arrow Keys Navigable Hover Drop-Down Menu?


> Hi Rabab, thanks for that example. It does work well with VoiceOver, a bit
> differently than Knowbility's but likely the 2nd best example I've seen so
> far.
>
> There really is so much work and code to put into making a accessible
> hover navigation menu that works with arrow keys. I'm not really a fan of
> hover nav menus and would instead avoid them and use well organized
> landing pages for each section of a site.
>
> Paul J. Adam
> Accessibility Evangelist
> Deque Systems
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> www.PaulJAdam.com
> @pauljadam on Twitter
>
> On Jun 21, 2012, at 12:58 PM, "Rabab Gomaa" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Paul,
>>
>> Check this example http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/menu.htm. (not sure it works
>> with VoiceOver)
>> Rabab
> > >