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Re: Accessible Select Multiple Menu

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Jun 18, 2015 5:52PM

Apologies, it's been busy.

I did check out the asmSelect on your demo page, and noticed the following:

In IE11, it's not possible to browse the list of Select element options using a screen reader without causing the announced option to automatically be added as you arrow down the list, nor is it possible to enable multiselect for non-contiguous selection.

In Firefox, it is possible to arrow around without causing auto selection, but you have to press Enter on one item at a time to add a selection. Also, if you arrow around, there is no way to unselect the item that has focus, so when you tab away you will automatically add that selection even if you didn't want to.

One thing to note, aria-checked is supported on the Option nodes of ARIA Listbox controls, so you can also use this method to convert a single select Listbox widget into a control that conveys checkable Options. E.G, while arrowing around within it, you can press Space to toggle checkability.

Best wishes,
Bryan