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Re: Select drop-downs in Voiceover on iPhone

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From: Pratik Patel
Date: Apr 23, 2013 7:55PM

Alastair Campbell Wrote:

Pratik Patel wrote:

> Swiping up and down will allows the user to choose the items.
> Pressing the done button allows one to confirm. It's awkward but doable.


Ah, thanks. That is rather inconsistent, I wonder why left/right doesn't
work? Having used VoiceOver for a while it didn't even occur to me that
up/down would work for that (although in hindsight it's an obvious thing to
try!)

It is actually consistent and expected behavior. Sliders also work in the
same manner. If you look at Native time and date components, for instance,
they work in the same way. The problem is Apple inconsistently implementing
these in Safari--meaning that they should appears as if they were native.
This would prevent users from looking for an unexpected modal dialog at the
bottom. This is what causes the usability issues and not necessarily the
up/down gestures. If hints are enabled, VO clearly identifies the gestures.