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Re: JAWS and disabled combobox options

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Jan 18, 2017 9:40AM

> Looks like the developer should have used optgroup instead of disabled options. The States are groups, but not values themselves.

Except use of optgroup doesn't allow for keyboard navigation using first letter of the item in the optgroup. And optgroup isn't well supported by assistive technology in my experience.

Jonathan