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Re: WAI ARIA help.. select boxes that are populated via AJAX

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From: Gunderson, Jon R
Date: Jul 30, 2012 7:08AM

Do NOT added aria-live to the combobox.

Here are examples of aria enabled comboboxes.

1. http://hanshillen.github.com/jqtest/#goto_autocomplete

2. http://oaa-accessibility.org/examples/role/77/

Jon



On 7/30/12 4:42 AM, "Steve Green" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>I don't think you need any ARIA markup for this. We have tested this type
>of
>functionality with screen reader users several times and they have always
>been able to understand what is happening. The article you mentioned
>acknowledges that it is necessary for the user to have this understanding.
>If they don't, then the ARIA won't help them. If they do, our experience
>suggests that they don't need the ARIA.
>
>Steve Green
>Test Partners Ltd
>
>