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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Dec 11, 2018 8:56AM

> Enter has traditionally been used to submit forms, so I'd personally steer away from it as a selection key.

I agree -- I am always hesitant to use enter in fear of accidently submitting a form and usually try space first.

Jonathan

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Enter has traditionally been used to submit forms, so I'd personally steer away from it as a selection key.

If the listbox is marked up properly, there's no need to add hidden screenreader instructions. When the focus lands on an element, screenreaders typically speak the element's name ("Pizza toppings"), its type ("listbox"), its current value if one is selected ("Cheese"), and instructions for interacting with the element ("Press Space to select an item").

Cheers, Isabel

On 07/12/2018, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
> ctrl+don't
> honor the ctrl+up/down to move the focus within the listbox.
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >