- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 23:23:23 -0000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
"STELZER,MELINDA (Non-HP-PaloAlto,ex1)": > I was reading the discussion below concerning two different ways of handling > pages that use a dropdown, or "combo box" control as a navigation tool. In > one method, the user must press the form button to cause the browser to go > to the new destination, and in the other method, the "OnChange" javascript > event causes the choice to take effect as soon as the selection is made. > > I am trying to assess whether using the OnChange event to activate dropdown > navigation controls is accessible or not. According to Charles, Jaws users > often have problems with it. I have problems with it using regular IE*, with no special Access Technology. > There is a work around: pressing "ALT-DownArrow" will produce the effect of > pressing the mouse button and holding it, and allow the user to subsequently > browse the dropdown with the arrow keys, without activating the OnChange > event. Freedom Scientific says their users generally know this technique. > Is it true? I don't (well I do, but it's not a mechanism I use, and I have no external way of knowing if I need to for a dropdown box, however if you use onclick rather than onchange, you get near similar functionality without the problem - you still need a submit button - but then you need one of those for the non-javascript people or people who have javascript but no onclick/onchange event support. Jim. * Okay it's actually a modified IE, but not modified with relation to this.
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