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Re: Accessible autocomplete / typeahead pattern

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From: Date: Feb 28, 2017 2:20PM

On 28/02/2017 11:09, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Hello everyone, I have been searching for an accessible control that
> behaves similarly to Twitter's typeahead or the select2 menu. Whereas a
> user can select from a list of options or begin typing, which filters the
> list of items based on the input. Select2 claims to be accessible so I
> tested select2 with VoiceOver and JAWS 18, but the screen reader does not
> report search results in real time, nor allow the user to navigate the
> menu items.

There is one here that was developed by Gez Lemon (though this demo is
hosted in my Github space):
http://ljwatson.github.io/design-patterns/autocomplete/index.html

We've used it as the basis for a similar widget that will be used on the
Gov.UK platform - and this will be available openly when it's been
tested and deployed.

Léonie
--
@LeonieWatson tink.uk Carpe diem

>
> I've searched the greater Web and WebAIM archives, and have not found an
> example of an accessible autocomplete control.
>
> Have you encountered any in the wild?
>
> Sincerely,
> Adam
>
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> Adam Lund
> Accessibility Technologist
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> Thomson Reuters
> the answer company
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> On 2/28/17, 12:36 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Angela French"
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> wrote:
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>> This
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>>> three picture-links are "Economic Development", "Employer Grants and
>>> Loans" and "Centers of Excellence". The picture and the text are in
>>> separate divs and these are wrapped in the anchor tag so that both the
>>> picture and the text becomes clickable.
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>> When I listed with NVDA the alt text for the three pictures sounds
>> cumbersome . Since the picture is just basically "eye candy" for the
>> navigational link, I'm inclined to provide a null alt attribute.
>>
>> I would appreciate your opinion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Angela French
>> Internet/Intranet Specialist
>> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
>> 360-704-4316
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