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Re: Combobox sufficiently accessibility-supported?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Oct 10, 2015 3:25PM

On 10/10/2015 22:23, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 10/10/2015 20:49, _mallory wrote:
>> Question: as a web developer, if I listen for a Touch event on my
>> combobox, similar to checking for a keyup (and then checking which
>> keys) on a control, can I determine that someone touched the screen?

As an aside, I like your thinking here. As we can't "a priori" detect if
a device is a touchscreen device AND (in the case of multi-input
devices) if the user is in fact going to use a touchscreen even when
present, we can (for the most part) try to determine which kind of
combobox adaptation right at the point where the user interacts with it.

P
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