Re: Contrast of focused item (options) in select element

Jonathan,

This is controlled by the OS theme on windows so I think we can state it 
is under user control (or at least the OS control!). On Windows 7 this 
was easy to change, but I see no way to change it under windows 8.1

Regards,
James

On 10/20/2015 9:06 AM, Jonathan Avila wrote:
>
> The default browser contrast (IE, Firefox, Chrome under Windows) for 
> the focused state of option items in a select element does not meet 
> minimum contrast under SC 1.4.3. The focused colors don’t appear to be 
> changing using pseudo classes :focus or :selection they remain white 
> on blue
>
> What are peoples thoughts on contrast violations for platforms that 
> can’t be changed by the author?  Is there a work around that someone 
> has found for this?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jonathan
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