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From: Gunderson, Jon R
Date: Jul 30, 2012 7:41AM

Probably the biggest issue with any widget (including combo box) is
managing focus through the keyboard.

Without keyboard support for managing keyboard focus with widgets the aria
markup is useless.

The WAI 1.0 Authoring Practices provides information on the type of
keyboard support needed for different types of widgets:

http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#aria_ex


Jon

On 7/30/12 8:08 AM, "Gunderson, Jon R" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>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
>>
>>