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Re: Possible Solution for accessible dropdown navigation

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Jun 2, 2004 4:01AM

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:52:29AM +0200, lists38 wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 01:46:29AM +0100, lists38 wrote:
> >> What do you think?
> >
> > I think you could have added the onchange event and hidden the Go button
> > using
> > JavaScript, which would remove the need for the DHTML alternative.
>
> Err, working around the onchange event was the whole purpose of the
> experiment, mainly as IE does not allow you to go to any of the options,
> but sends the next one when you press cursor-down...

Sorry - my bad! I was thinking about getting over a javascript-not-enabled
scenario. How about using onkeypress instead of onchange?

Tim
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