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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Mar 1, 2018 10:38AM

Hello,
AccDC has several that work:
http://whatsock.com/tsg/Coding%20Arena/ARIA%20Comboboxes/ARIA%20Comboboxes%20(Native%20Inputs,%20Editable%20and%20Readonly)/demo.htm

http://whatsock.com/tsg/Coding%20Arena/ARIA%20Comboboxes/ARIA%20Comboboxes%20(Native%20Inputs,%20Editable%20with%20Substring%20Match)/demo.htm

http://whatsock.com/tsg/Coding%20Arena/ARIA%20Comboboxes/ARIA%20Comboboxes%20(Native%20Inputs,%20Multiselect%20Editable%20with%20Substring%20Match)/demo.htm

http://whatsock.com/tsg/Coding%20Arena/ARIA%20Comboboxes/ARIA%20Comboboxes%20(Simulated,%20Readonly%20Multiselect)/demo.htm

There are several more, but you can check them out for yourself. They all
work for me.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 7:42 AM, Josh Schroder < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi Kakarla,
>
> I believe that combo-boxes have historically been problematic for
> accessibility.
>
> You may be able to implement some workarounds to improve functionality,
> but the advice over the years has typically been to use checkboxes instead.
>
> Select2 looks like a promising alternative, but I've not used it myself.
> https://select2.org/
>
> Josh Schroder
> Web Administrator III
> Office of Strategic Communications
> Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
> (512) 936-8937
>
>