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Re: The meaning of 'Change of context' in WCAG 2.0

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Aug 4, 2013 1:51PM

> 3.2.2 states that compliance can be achieved by advising the user of the behaviour before using the component. My view is that the Select Language label does not do this because it does not indicate that the language will change immediately.

So, they change the label to reflect the fact of an instant change in the language, and then they don't need the button, right?

Seems reasonable.

It's too bad there's no conventional way to indicate that a given interactive component (of any type) takes immediate effect. There are plenty of instances where it might be desirable to expand/reduce (for example) available options based on a combobox selection, checkbox selectionÂ… whatever.

Or perhaps there is, and I just don't know it?

Duff.