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Re: Need for Increment Buttons?

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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: Dec 14, 2018 7:15AM

Hello,
Wow, you're right, why doesn't either the slider or input number box adjust
the value with swipe up and down, it should.
So the fix for this would be to label the buttons correctly and have an
aria live region on the input field saying the new value.
Thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 4:18 AM Graham Armfield <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
>
> I've tried the example at:
> http://whatsock.com/tsg/Coding%20Arena/ARIA%20Sliders/Vertical/demo.htm on
> my Android phone with Talkback running, and on my iPad with Voiceover
> running. I can't influence the slider directly - only via the
> increment/decrement buttons.
>
> Whilst focus is on the slider in Talkback, there is an announcement that I
> can use the volume keys to influence the slider but this does not work for
> me.
>
> Whilst focus is on the slider in Voiceover, there is an announcement that I
> should swipe up or down with one finger to change the value, but that
> doesn't work either.
>
> So I guess they're there as a failsafe for mobile screen reader users.
>
> Regards
> Graham Armfield
>
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