- From: Wayne Myers-Education <wayne.myers@bbc.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:48:46 -0000
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi, This question came up recently in the BBC - I thought I'd answered correctly, and would like to double check I'm right, since I am no longer wholly sure. I have been operating with the idea that no form element in HTML is in itself a problem, it's just a question of creating the form in such a way as to be navigable with the keys only. Is that right? Or should I get back to my colleague and tell them no, avoid drop-down boxes. BTW, in case anyone was confused by the misinfo, drop-down navigation boxes in HTML require neither Java nor Java script - a server side CGI script (about three lines of Perl, maybe more in other languages), can provide a drop-down box handler that will function identically regardless of the calling browser, and will also remove the temptation (or indeed ability) to implement something that lacks a 'Do The Thing I Just Asked You To' button and acts as soon as thing selected in the drop-down is selected. (Ugh.) Cheers etc., Wayne Wayne Myers Software Engineer, BBC Digital Media, Coder/Producer, Betsie Project http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie/ 0181-752-6116
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