- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 04:44:04 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Paul Bohman <paulb@cc.usu.edu>
- Cc: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> A keyboard user could certainly be sighted, but if that person is using only
> the keyboard, that person cannot read the optgroup label in the current
> browsers that I am most familiar with.
They're plainly displayed and visible.
> Just use your
> keyboard (I'm talking about Windows machines at the moment) to access a
> drop-down list that uses optgroup. Mozilla-based browsers, IE, and Opera only
> show you the options that you can actually choose.
They don't *hide* the optgroup text. It is not *invisible* or absent.
> From what I remember about IE on Macs, the behavior is somewhat different,
> with the optgroup labels acting as a submenu, with flyout menus to the side.
Yes. Moz displays the optgroup text, and no, you can't select it. Safari
lets you select all text.
> However, from a screen reader perspective--or, to be more specific, from the
> perspective of using JAWS and Window Eyes--my own tests have shown that
> screen readers do not read optgroup.
Something else they'll have to fix.
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Received on Wednesday, 28 July 2004 00:45:10 UTC