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From: Laurence Lewis
Date: Mar 24, 2024 3:20PM

Adrian Roselli wrote a series of helpful articles on custom styling form
controls.

- Under-Engineered Comboboxen?
<https://adrianroselli.com/2023/06/under-engineered-comboboxen.html>
- Under-Engineered Multi-Selects
<https://adrianroselli.com/2022/05/under-engineered-multi-selects.html>
- Adrian Roselli search for Under-Engineered
<https://adrianroselli.com/?s=Under-Engineered>


Laurence Lewis
Accessibility Senior Specialist - Telstra
Creator of the A11y Quick Check
<https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/a11y-quick-check/jlamgighkcjniljcdfpnhiemcakibepi>
and Visual ARIA
<https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/visual-aria/lhbmajchkkmakajkjenkchhnhbadmhmk>
Chrome
extensions

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> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:22:31 -0400
> Subject: [WebAIM] wondering about radio buttons and check boxes
> Hi All,
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> The following article made me recall a discussion here several years ago
> that covering up traditional radio buttons and check boxes with custom
> designs is a bit of a kludge. Is that still the consensus?
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> https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/how-to-make-custom-accessible-checkboxes-and-
> radio-buttons--cms-32074t#page-content
> <https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/how-to-make-custom-accessible-checkboxes-and-radio-buttons--cms-32074t#page-content>
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> That has also gotten me to wonder about the relatively new CSS technique of
> setting "appearance: none" to create some opportunity for making these
> controls more attractive and standardized across platforms. I can no longer
> see the screen enough to tell whether these techniques really work. Would
> like to hear your thoughts . It seems to me that these techniques could
> have
> a lot of appeal to Web designers and developers.
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> Jeff Gutsell
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> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:16:26 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] wondering about radio buttons and check boxes
> There's nothing wrong with using replacement techniques for radio buttons
> and checkboxes as long as they are implemented correctly. I can't comment
> on the use of "appearance: none" because I've not seen it used in any of
> the replacement techniques we've encountered.
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> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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