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Re: combobox keyboard interaction?

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From: jp Jamous
Date: May 12, 2022 1:02PM

Is that first combobox as standard HTML <select> or a custom control?

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Thanks Glen, JP, and David, for the confirmation. I guess I've always just run into the plain old down arrow variety, I haven't been doing this for quite as long as all of you :). For some reason thou
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Thanks Glen, JP, and David, for the confirmation. I guess I've always just run into the plain old down arrow variety, I haven't been doing this for quite as long as all of you :).



For some reason though, NVDA won't announce the items in the first combobox as you arrow through them. There are 2 comboboxes after it in the form, same code, and it does announce those. I have a few things to try, maybe one of my extensions is interfering, I've had that happen before.



Diane R. Tomlins





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I expect a plain down (or up) arrow to just change the combobox value without displaying the dropdown list.



I've been using alt+down to open the dropdown list since the previous millennium.





On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 4:29 PM Andrews, David B (DEED) via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:



> Alt-down arrow is relatively common, not universal, but not rare either.

> Most screen reader users know to try it.

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> Dave

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