RE: drop down lists

From: P.H.Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:29:32 -0000 Message-ID: <3A1D23A330416E4FADC5B6C08CC252B97878EA@misnts6.mis.salford.ac.uk> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:21:27 UTC

Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:

> I would say that this type of element presents
> usability problems for keyboard users 

not just keyboard users...even when using a mouse, it often happens
that you open such a dropdown, move around it a bit, then change your
mind...but there's no safe way to "bail out", unless you hit the previously
selected option - thus not triggering an onchange.

Patrick