- From: Paul Bohman <paulb@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:57:14 -0400
- Cc: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Joe Clark wrote: > They're [optgroup labels] plainly displayed and visible. ... > They don't *hide* the optgroup text. It is not *invisible* or absent. The optgroup label is still there, but unless your Windows browsers work differently than mine, keyboard users never see the optgroup label of a drop-down list. The only way to see the optgroup labels is to use a mouse. When I use my *mouse* to select a drop down list, I can see the whole list. I see the selectable options and I see the optgroup labels. Everything works fine with a mouse. However, when I tab to the form element, and then use the arrow keys, the browser cycles through one option at a time. I never see the full list. It never cycles through the optgroup labels. I get the same behavior in my Mozilla based browsers, my IE browsers, and my Opera browsers. -- Paul Bohman Project Coordinator WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) www.webaim.org Utah State University www.usu.edu
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