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Re: Arrow Keys Navigable Hover Drop-Down Menu?

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Jun 21, 2012 1:34PM

Thanks Bryan, I did try your ARIA menu but it's laid out a bit differently than what I'm looking for. It's more of a vertical menu than the standard horizontal hover menus that you see on most navigation menus.

I have tested your ARIA date picker and found that it worked very well in NVDA, JAWS, & VoiceOver.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
Deque Systems
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On Jun 21, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Bryan Garaventa" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> "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.