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Re: [EXTERNAL]Combobox: what should the Esc key do?

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Apr 17, 2018 8:08AM

Thanks Tim. My only reason for not using a native HTML5 combobox is
that I'm doing that very thing: using ARIA to speak the number of
results as the user types and the list is updated.

On 13/04/2018, Tim Harshbarger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Depending on what you are trying to do, you might think about using an aria
> live region to convey information to screen reader users.
>
> For example, if the person is typing information into a textfield and
> results that match that text are being put in the combobox, you could use an
> aria live region to tell them how many options are now displayed inside the
> box.
>
>