- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:38:59 -0500
- To: W3C WAI ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- CC: Bart Simons <bart.simons@anysurfer.be>
from Victor Tsaran[1]: Also, have a look at http://bit.ly/iIIno [2] for an AutoComplete that degrades gracefully. [1] http://twitter.com/vick08/status/5104850441 [2] http://bit.ly/iIIno = http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=EUR;amt=1 Bart Simons wrote: > Dear all, > > How does one make an accessible autocomplete dropdown: an edit box that > proposes suggestions as you type. The typical example and the most > accessible one that I know is what google uses. after typing a few letters > one can press down arrow to scroll through the suggestions. Using JAWS > these are spoken and readable on a braille display. > > Is this JQuery example considered accessible: > http://view.jquery.com/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/demo/ > > Using JAWS9 and IE7 or Firefox3.5 I don'§ find it very easy to use. The > options are kind of spoken but not displayed in braille. It definitely > does not work as smooth as google suggest. > > What do you recommend as an accessible implementation of an autocomplete > dropdown? > > Regards > Bart Simons
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