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Items Selected:
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Acceptance Criteria
In general, avoid using a multiselect combo box and provide a group of checkboxes which are a more accessible.
Use a multiselect combo box when your list of options is very long.
As a screen reader and keyboard only user I should:
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be able to explicitly associate the form label with the form control
When the form field control has keyboard focus:
the screen reader should announce the form label
the screen reader should announce that the input field is an auto-suggest
the screen reader should announce that the user can select from the suggestion list or type their own input
the screen reader should announce the number of suggestions that are available
the screen reader should announce that the user can scroll through the list of suggestions by using the arrow keys on the keyboard
when suggestions are arrowed through they are spoken aloud
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ARIA Attributes to Make Search Functionality Fully Accessible to Screen Reader Users:
Add role=”combobox” to the <input> field to tell screen reader users that the input field is an auto-suggest.
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