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Screen Reader Users, What's Your Honest Take On Custom-Styled Dropdowns?

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Accepted solution by Diego B. — oh ive been there lol auto playing carousels move cotnent before ppl can read it and are hard to control, if u must have one, dont…
  1. Alba Halvorsen
    @mutex_sprite

    long time lurker first post lol im building a university portal and teh topic of custom-styled dropdowns came up in a planning meeting... were a small team with a limited budegt, so priorities really matter, some ppl think its a quick win for accessibility, others think its a problem in itself.. 🤷 id like to hear from people who work with accessibility daily, and ideally from ppl who use assistive technology... whats your real-world experience? id especially love to hear from anyone who releis on assistive technology every day.

    thinking

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  2. Juno Iqbal
    @junoi163

    Icon-only buttons need an accessible name, via visible text, aria-label, or visually hidden text. A visible label also helps sighted users who don't know what the icon means.

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  3. Diego B.
    @diego.becker
    Accepted solution

    oh ive been there lol auto-playing carousels move cotnent before ppl can read it and are hard to control, if u must have one, dont autoplay, or provide a visible pause control, and make every slide reachable by keyboard.

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  4. Zora Weber
    @zoraw701

    hmm idk not every visual pattern is evil. Carousels and custom controls can be done accessibly; it just takes more care than ppl budget for. just my 2 cents

    lol

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  5. Alba Halvorsen
    @mutex_sprite
    in reply to @diego.becker

    @diego.becker dude convinced the client to skip custom-styled dropdowns and put the budget into a proper audit and fixes. thanks for the arguments, they really helped.

    thumbsup

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