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Re: best practices in accessibility coding questions

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From: mhysnm1964
Date: Sep 25, 2017 5:02PM

Hi,

My point of view in relation to your 2nd question on the menu. If you open a menu on Mac or Windows in a desktop application with any screen reader I have used. They do not tell you the number of menu items. Using Web terminology, you don't know if you are navigating a list of unordered items when navigating a menu which is correct behaviour in my view. The user then uses their arrow keys to navigate the menu. Refer to the ARIA 1.1 best practises to see their examples and to test with voice-over and the other screen readers to see what the behaviour is. The document also gives you the expected keyboard patterns. A list of items in a document gives you the number of items. A listview (select) also gives you the number of items and the current position.

Sean
Sean