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Re: Selecting multiple non-contiguous select box options by keyboard in Chrome

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jul 20, 2015 10:36AM

The only thing I know of is use a different browser and make noise on the
bug page, unfortunately

Ryan E. Benson
On Jul 20, 2015 8:40 AM, "Robert Fentress" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Unless I am missing something, there is no native way for keyboard-only
> users to select multiple non-contiguous options in a select box in Chrome.
> This appears to be an issue first reported in 2011, with no movement
> towards a resolution. If anyone knows of a way to do this, short of some
> custom-coded JavaScript thing, please let me know. Otherwise, I would
> encourage folks to post your support for getting this fixed here:
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id172
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
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