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From: Mallory
Date: Jan 18, 2017 12:29PM


In my case, they were display none normally (this prevents keyboarders
from hitting all those submenu links unless they're visible). The main
level link getting focus changes the display state of the submenu from
none to block.

_mallory

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017, at 05:00 PM, Jeremy Anderson wrote:
> If the menu opens on focus, does the submenu have to be hidden from the
> screen-reader in the first place? (Or did you mean active, rather than
> focused?)
>
> Jeremy.
>
> > On 18 Jan 2017, at 14:42, Joseph Sherman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> >> Of _mallory
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:51 AM
> >> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >> 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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