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Re: opening an expandable menu while using voiceover

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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Jun 28, 2018 6:11PM

Thanks everyone

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 8:10 PM Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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?
> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >
> >> > >> > >> > >> > >>
> >
> > > > >
--
Sarah Ferguson
Web Accessibility Specialist
Office of Digital Communications
Brandeis University *|* 781.736.4259
*Web Accessibility Help Desk < <EMAIL REMOVED> >*
*Web Accessibility at Brandeis <http://www.brandeis.edu/web-accessibility>;*