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Re: Question about controlling behavior of <select> element

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Jun 7, 2006 7:30AM

On 07/06/06, Moore, Michael < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> When the element has focus you can scroll through the all of the options
> using the mouse wheel. Users are accidentally scrolling through the
> options when they mean to be scrolling down the page.

I can't replicate this behaviour in Firefox, which leads me to believe
that it's an IE-only behaviour and therefore a user-agent, not an
HTML, issue.

> My question is simple, is there a way to disable mouse wheel activated
> scrolling of the <select> element? If so what is the technique, and
> what are the ramifications in terms of accessibility for people with
> physical disabilities and those with cognitive disabilities?

I know of no such technique, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't
exist ;-) As you'd be altering the usual (if incorrect) behaviour of
the user agent, I would advise against it.

If it's a real problem, get the users to switch to Firefox :D

Regards,

Tim