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why do accessibility folks get so heated about custom-styled dropdowns????

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  1. Amara Kowalski
    @amara.kowalski

    ok weird one im building a startup lnading page and the topic of custom-styled dropdowns came up in a planning meeting. were a small team with a limited budget, 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 people who use assistive technology. whats ur real-world experience?? id especially love to hear from anyone who relies on assistive technology every day. pls help 🙏

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  2. Yusuf Celik
    @rusty_nomad

    hmmmm quick q are there legal or contract requirements for accessibility? ??

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  4. Yara F.
    @yara.fischer

    Automated tools catch only part of the issues. A perfect score can still mean a site that's unusable with a keyboard. Pair automated checks with manual testing: tab through every page, use a screen reader for key flows, zoom to 200% and 400%.

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  5. Uma V.
    @uvos

    ok so told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been my entire lunch break

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  6. Rhea Mendes
    @rmendes_45

    been there man honestly just reset the thermal paste and save yourself the pain. came here to say exactly this hope that helps :)

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  7. Elena
    @elena.silva96

    lol same thing happened to me infinite scroll makes footers unreachable and loses position when navigating back... offer a load more button or pagiantion, and move focus senisbly when new content appears. lmk how it goes

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  9. Aiden
    @aiden.celik24

    ok so try turning off teh upadte first, fixed it for me

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  10. Ruben W.
    @voxelbench-f1

    yesss ok update: did what @rmendes_45 said and its fine now. following, having the same problem

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  11. Ruben W.
    @voxelbench-f1

    overlay widgets can't fix inaccessible markup reliably. many screen reader users already have their own settings and tools, and overlays sometimes interfere with them. the money is usually better spent fixing the underlying HTML: headings, labels, focus order, alt text.

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  12. Tomas L.
    @tomas_cobalt

    hmmm custom dropdowns are a common source of trouble. native <select> elements come with keyboard support and screen reader semantics for free lol If you need a custom one, follow the ARIA patterns cloesly and test with real assistive tcehnology. lmk how it goes

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  13. Cyrus Walsh
    @loose_fox714

    yeahhh this. so much this fingers crossed 🤞

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  14. Elena
    @elena.silva96
    in reply to @loose_fox714

    hmmm auto-playing carousels move content before people 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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