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Re: opening an expandable menu while using voiceover

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From: Robert Fentress
Date: Jun 28, 2018 6:01PM

The issue may be the result of the menu trigger being a sibling of its
menu. See if wrapping the menu or trigger in a div takes care of it. I
struggled with what I'm guessing is the same issue for a long time before
hitting upon this solution.

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 4:39 PM Sarah Ferguson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks, everyone. Here are some more details:
>
>
> - VO on Mac, ios has a new set of issues that we are DEFINITELY going to
> fix.
> - CTRL+opt+space
> - The action doesn't redraw the page per se, but it's a web page left
> navigation, so expanding the menu gives you more links you otherwise
> won't
> know about.
> - Example (pages 3 and 4 have submenus in this example):
>
>
> [menu collapsed]
> Page 1
> Page 2
> Page 3 +
> Page 4
> Page 5 +
>
> [submenu opened for page 3]
> Page 1
> Page 2
> Page 3 -
> Page 3a
> Page 3b
> Page 3c
> Page 4
> Page 5 +
>
> Using VO, when you reach the page 3 submenu, you can expand it with the
> return/enter key. Voiceover will open the submenu and the next item read is
> Page 3a. and so forth.
>
> If you expand using CTRL+opt+space, the submenu expands, but the next item
> read is Page 4. I think this is a problem.
>
>
>
> Sarah Ferguson
> Web Accessibility Specialist
> Department of Digital Communications
> Brandeis University
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 4:18 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Some clarifications.
> >
> > VO on a Mac? (Not iOS?)
> >
> > You say "Enter" key but that's also possible with a bluetooth keyboard
> with
> > iOS so was just clarifying.
> >
> > And by "VO Button" (instead of Enter), do you mean the key combination,
> > such as control+option+command+spacebar, or some such combination?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >