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Re: Sliders and their expected behaviour

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From: Mary Elizabeth Sullivan
Date: Feb 20, 2015 7:23AM

Thank you Steve! I think this will give me what I need.

All the best,
Beth

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> On Feb 20, 2015, at 09:04, Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> this may help
> Slider (widget) design pattern
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-practices/#slider
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;
>
> On 20 February 2015 at 14:01, MEJ - Beth Sullivan <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> For horizontal sliders visually using the left and right arrow keys makes
>> sense for a keyboard user to change the values.
>> For screen reader users, is the expectation that the left and right or up
>> and down keys would work the same way?
>> Screen reader users wouldn't necessarily know what the orientation of the
>> slider is, it could be a volume slider like on Windows that visually
>> displays vertically, or it could be to identify a range and marked up
>> horizontally.
>>
>> What are AT users and testers experiences with these slider components?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Beth
>> >> >> > > >