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Keyboard accessible drop down menus

Yesterday I got an email from www.CSS3Menu.com about their new product. I had a problem with their original drop down menu that was used on www.drnicklowe.com about a year ago. The problem was that we inherited the code for this website, and the original developers had used a product called Deluxe Menu to build the navigation system. The problem with the version of the Deluxe Menu javascript was that it didn't work on Goolge Chrome - a browser that was not available when the original DM product was developed. We managed to get hold of a more recent copy of the delux menu javascript to get it working again.

I've been testing out the new menu system and it looks really good. At present we use AllWebMenus for most sites, although if we need to make a site keyboard accessible, we need to use Ultimate Drop Down Menu, which is not as fully featured as the other ones, but has excellent accessibility for keyboards and screen readers.

It would be good if either AWM or CSS3M had keyboard accessiblity built in. I've emailed both companies and asked if they have any plans to support keyboard accessibility in drop menus, but have yet to receive a reply from either.

 

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