autocomplete dropdown

[Bart Simons-2]

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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AnySurfer - Quality mark for accessible websites in Belgium
http://www.anysurfer.be

[Shawn Henry]

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