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From: Robert Fentress
Date: Jun 28, 2018 6:09PM

Hi, Sarah.

See the thread I started about the issue I encountered that I think is the
same as yours here:
https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=8748

Best,
Rob


On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 8:01 PM Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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?
>> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>