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Re: Mega Menu

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Jan 18, 2017 7:42AM

Is there a way to indicate to screen readers the existence of a sub-menu when the sub-menus open when focused? Usually I would use haspopup or expanded/collapsed, but those imply user action to open/close.

Joseph

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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Mega Menu
> The main menu items themselves are fallbacks if for any reason a user can't reach
> the subs, or doesn't see them, since the main links go to category pages anyway,
> from which one can eventually reach everything also listed in the subs. I'm still not
> sure how intuitive it is percieved by most users, and I'm pretty sure pure screen
> reader users miss the subs entirely anyway.
>
> cheers,
> _mallory
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