Re: Select drop-down question

Hi Alison,

Thank you for your valuable feedback.

We have created an issue to capture your input so the ARIA Practices Group (APG) can discuss it further. You can find the issue here:

https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues/3146


We will keep you updated once the issue is resolved, or feel free to follow the updates directly if you have a GitHub account.

Best,

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Director of Digital Accessibility
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From: Alison Weatherston <alison.weatherston@strath.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, September 23, 2024 at 7:57 AM
To: public-aria-practices@w3.org <public-aria-practices@w3.org>
Subject: Select drop-down question
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I am a web developer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. We are currently redeveloping areas of our web site and are looking to your site for guidance on all things accessibility.

On your 'Patterns' page, I can't see any example for a select drop-down. The nearest pattern seems to be the 'combobox'. The appearance is that of a select dropdown but the code is quite different. Are there any examples of the select dropdown? This is a very common pattern and it would be useful if it was included.

<select name="cars" id="cars">
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
    <option value="saab">Saab</option>
    <option value="opel">Opel</option>
    <option value="audi">Audi</option>
  </select>


Best wishes
Alison Weatherston
Front-end web developer
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, UK
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