Opened 6 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#15091 open bug
selectmenu should probably not be a combobox
| Reported by: | Michael Fairchild | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | none |
| Component: | ui.selectmenu | Version: | 1.12.1 |
| Keywords: | accessibility | Cc: | |
| Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
My understanding of the selectmenu widget is that it exists to replace the default select form control as provided by browsers. However, jQuery UI is giving it a role="combobox", which according to the aria specification means that it MUST contain a textbox to allow searching the items in the selectmenu (see autocomplete). This could understandably lead to issues with screen readers and might even explain https://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/10407
See the selectmenu demo for an example: https://jqueryui.com/selectmenu/
See 1) https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#combobox 2) https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#combobox
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by
| Status: | new → open |
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comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by
| Keywords: | accessibility added |
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