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Re: ARIA Combobox Update, Differences between ARIA 1.1 and 1.2 and Responsive Design Considerations.

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Nov 7, 2022 11:18AM

Hi,
No problem. 😊

Regarding the reference to mobile platforms, yes I am referring to touch. When you attach a keyboard via Bluetooth to one of these such as an iPhone or iPad, it doesn't actually work in the same way as a standard keyboard on a desktop/laptop computer. E.G. The left/right arrow keys on a mobile device Bluetooth keyboard simply perform the same action as the selected gesture such as swiping up/down with one finger to move by character or whatever navigation mode is active such as word or line etc. This results in the same issue where the reading focus is no longer in the input field where aria-activedescendant is being set. From what I recall, it may be possible to double-tap the edit field and start typing without moving focus away, in which case the first suggested option should be announced on the mobile device. It is then impossible though to press the down arrow to navigate through the list of available suggestions as you can on a desktop/laptop system, but you instead need to touch the screen to see which options are available on the mobile device. At least, this is what happens when I use my own Bluetooth keyboard. If others notice a different behavior with theirs please let me know.

About support issues in Mac OSX, I actually have no idea what the current status of this is since it has been so difficult to track. Some say it's fixed and others say it isn't, which is very confusing. Here is one of the bugs that indicates just how ambiguous all of this has been.
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id7671

Since I don't actually use a Mac, if others can file new bugs about this it would be helpful.

All the best,
Bryan


Bryan Garaventa
Principal Accessibility Architect
Level Access, Inc.
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