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Re: Expected behavior for listbox selection

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From: glen walker
Date: Dec 7, 2018 3:11PM

I'm with Sean. I would expect space to select the item, like space selects
a checkbox, radio button, and button (although of course a button allows
enter too), but then I'm a keyboard user and have been for years (decades).

With multiselect listboxes, if the up/down arrow keys change the selection
(which I understand you're not doing), then you have to use ctrl+up/down to
move the focus within the listbox without changing the selection, then
ctrl+space to add a selection to the list. I think some browsers don't
honor the ctrl+up/down to move the focus within the listbox.