291065 - Support DHTML combo box & autocomplete accessibility

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[Aaron Leventhal]

It is possible to implement a textfield with a popup or a combo box with DHTML &
CSS. These should be made accessible with the new DHTML accessibility techniques.

A good example of what could be made accessible with this is Google Suggest:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

Comment 1

[alexander :surkov (:asurkov)]

Should they use ARIA for this or something or how we can know it's a dhtml combobox?

Comment 2

[Aaron Leventhal]

Surkov, one would use ARIA. In the past we used to just call ARIA "DHTML accessibility".

Simon was working on this.

Comment 3

[Aaron Leventhal]

Combo box already works. Autocomplete is a different bug.

Comment 4

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

No idea what Aaron wanted to dupe this bug to, but it certainly wasn't "Unable to send an encrypted message to myself, via To:, CC:, or Bcc:."

Comment 5

[Hubert Figuiere [:hub]]

I do believe this the autocomplete is dealt with bug 559749.

Comment 6

[alexander :surkov (:asurkov)]

(In reply to Hub Figuiere [:hub] from comment #5)
> I do believe this the autocomplete is dealt with bug 559749.
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 559749 ***

No. Bug 559749 is about HTML 5, this one is rather about ARIA. I think we can mark is as worksforme since ARIA comboboxes are supported.

Comment 7

[alexander :surkov (:asurkov)]

(In reply to alexander surkov from comment #6)
> (In reply to Hub Figuiere [:hub] from comment #5)
> > I do believe this the autocomplete is dealt with bug 559749.
> > 
> > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 559749 ***
> 
> No. Bug 559749 is about HTML 5, this one is rather about ARIA. I think we
> can mark is as worksforme since ARIA comboboxes are supported.

and autocompletes too :)