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Re: JAWS and disabled combobox options

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Jan 18, 2017 1:33PM

ah, thanks for the clarification. first letter navigation only works with
the <option>s not the <optgroup>. This is a browser "feature". AT will have
to go beyond standard browser behavior to make <optgroup> navigable.
JAWS and NVDA with Firefox did preface the <optgroup> value when speaking
the <option>. NVDA said "color grouping, blue item 2 of 3"

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> > in my testing in windows (IE, FF, and chrome) first letter navigation
> worked in a select with optgroup.
>
> So for example, if the optgroup name is "Mobile" pressing "m" does not
> take me to the first item under mobile.
>
> Jonathan
>
>