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Re: Popup accessibility requirment

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 21, 2022 8:56AM

On 21/02/2022 15:53, allyssa jessicon wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a query on Popup lists that are not opening with Ctrl+Option+Space
> with Voiceover on MAC where alternate keys such as Enter, Space, Up/Down
> works fine. Is this a WCAG failure? Any references? Links?

WCAG doesn't mandate exactly which keys etc a control reacts to (taking
2.1.1 Keyboard for instance, it only says things need to work with a
keyboard, not necessarily how, or which standard keys should be
supported, etc).

However, I would actually posit that the problem there with your popup
list runs deeper - possibly lacking a specific ARIA role or
similar...which then *would* be an issue under 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value.

I'd suggest investigating first what's actually wrong there, and based
on that deciding which WCAG SC (if any) this fails and why.

P
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