I don't think dropdown menus and combo boxes are the same. I always
understood that a dropdown menu was a branch dropping down from a menu item.
a combo box and a dropdown list are I think the same. These are part of the
main text and not part of a menu system.
Iain
-----Original Message-----
From: Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 3:09 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: we don't stand a hope!
Hi,
No, never. In fact, it was quite some time before I realised that drop down
menus and combo boxes were the same thing. Are there any other instances we
should be aware of, where the screenreader calls a feature by a name that
most people don't use in everyday language? Perhaps if there are, we should
all be made aware of them.
Best,
Clive
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Rajmund
Sent: 27 July 2015 15:06
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: we don't stand a hope!
Hello,
Anyone heard of combo boxes said as selection lists?
----- Original Message -----
From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, 27 July 2015 2:31 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: we don't stand a hope!
Hi Steve,
So how could we get developers to make screenreaders say what people usually say, such as 'drop down menu' instead of 'combo boxes'?
Regards,
Clive
Best,
Clive
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Sent: 27 July 2015 14:17
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: we don't stand a hope!
Hi,
Actually it isn't. Sighted people don't call them combo boxes, it is only screen readers that call them that, and web standards. Sighted people call them drop downs. You can't expect sighted people to always use jargon that we understand through screen readers. Ask any sighted person what a combo box is and see what you get.
All the best
Steve
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Behalf Of Spring Flower
Sent: 20 July 2015 13:26
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: we don't stand a hope!
oh dear is all i can say without swearing, that is bad though
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> Hi all
>
> Somehow I managed to lock myself out of HSBC online banking and had
> to go through a process with their internet security team.
>
> The girl with whom I spoke didn't even know what a combo box is!
>
> ATB
>
> David W Wood
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