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Re: Selects with drop downs

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From: Ryan Benson
Date: Mar 14, 2018 6:00PM

> What you're describing are probably comboboxes https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/#combobox

Yes this is pretty close, though I don't know if the interaction is the same. These examples are text boxes with a pop up. What the app is using is the reverse.

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> On Mar 14, 2018, at 09:23, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> On 14/03/2018 12:54, Ryan E. Benson wrote:
>> Pardon the title, I am not sure what these things are officially called.
>> There's a group bent on using select elements aka dropdowns with built-in
>> search/filter functions. I believe there was a thread here a while ago, but
>> can't find it. Unless I am mistaken, the thread leaned towards not using
>> them, even though they can be made accessible. The PM and the second
>> developer didn't know what framework they were using, and have yet to hear
>> back from the lead, but they think Bootstrap "or based on it."
>> Any pointers would be great, since i have yet to get access to their code.
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> What you're describing are probably comboboxes https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/#combobox
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> Plain Bootstrap doesn't have any ready-made filterable/searchable combobox/autocomplete type functionality, so if they're using Bootstrap, it's likely only providing the look and feel and the actual functionality is done through a Bootstrap extension/plugin or different underlying framework.
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> And the discussion thread on here you're probably thinking of is this, I think: https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?threadÂ…66
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