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From: Steve Green
Date: Oct 11, 2012 4:43PM

I have just tested this with JAWS 13 and Windows 7. It works ok in Internet
Explorer 9 but I have to say that in 8 years of user testing I have never
encountered a single JAWS user who knew how to make multiple selections from
a listbox, and I have worked with some extremely proficient users.

It is not possible to make multiple selections using Firefox 15 so I don't
think this is a viable solution except for internal systems where you can
enforce the use of Internet Explorer.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd

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Sent: 06 October 2012 18:04
To: Jason Megginson; WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] List selection

Thank You Jason.. This really helps..


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To: PIUMI W < <EMAIL REMOVED> >; WebAIM Discussion List
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Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:16 PM
Subject: RE: [WebAIM] List selection

In HTML, Shift+F8 will (should) work with the Internet Explorer browser for
multi-select list box options.

W3Schools has a good example that works in Firefox and Mac. This implements
the combination of "control+arrow keys" to make a non-synchronous selection
with the keyboard. The JAWS screen reader renders the non-selected state
until the spacebar is pressed to explicitly select the option.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_select_multiple

Jason Megginson
SSB BART Group
703-637-8964 (o)
703-244-7755 (c)


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Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:39 PM
To: WebAIM List
Subject: [WebAIM] List selection

Hi,

I m wondering what is the best key
combination for a screen reader user to use when selecting items from a
multiple <select> <option> list in html. Is there any way that a user can
make continuous/ non continuous selections on such a list while being
informed of the selected / deselected state of the items when selecting and
deselecting?

Thanks,
Piumi
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