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Re: Accessible autocomplete / typeahead pattern

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From: Date: Mar 1, 2017 2:51PM

There's also the jQuery UI autocomplete widget:
http://jqueryui.com/autocomplete/

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Shane Anderson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Southwest Airlines has one that works relatively well.
>
> https://www.southwest.com/flight/
>
> Regards
> Shane Anderson
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:09 PM, < <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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> > . .
> > Adam Lund
> > Accessibility Technologist
> >
> > Thomson Reuters
> > the answer company
> >
> > Phone: 651-687-4045
> > Mobile: 612-867-6185
> >
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> > . .
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/28/17, 12:36 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Angela French"
> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >This
> > >page<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
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> of
> > >>introductory text then three pictures with links to new pages. The
> > >>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.
> > >
> > >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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