https://github.com/stringyland/custom-select

My version of a custom select input, with filtering
https://github.com/stringyland/custom-select

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My version of a custom select input, with filtering

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stringyland/custom-select
• Owner: stringyland
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-11-28T09:08:10.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-21T07:22:20.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-18T05:39:08.740Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 33.2 KB
• Stars: 189
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 18
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# custom-select

My version of a custom select input, with filtering

## The process

https://24ways.org/2019/making-a-better-custom-select-element/

## A demo

https://codepen.io/stringyland/pen/a7106a2577dbc246875275a7c8182abf

## To Do

* Move status update to start on first focus, not on page load

* Add the high-contrast focus indicator back (not sure when that got removed?)

* Add aria-selected attributes to makeChoice, remove on clearValue

* check arrow navigation works in all screen readers

  * problems in JAWS/Chrome during filtered state

  * Talkback/Chrome/Android not working well

  * NVDA/Firefox seems ok, continue testing

* Update pattern to ARIA 1.2 - still only a recommendation for the next version, but Sarah Higley's usability testing (https://www.24a11y.com/2019/select-your-poison-part-2/) showed it gave the best results

* Update script so that both Enter and Space open the list

* Make the arrow icon pointer-only

* See if I can make the list appear above or below the input based on available screen space

## Questions

* What would the impact be of removing aria-controls attribute? It causes older JAWS to give additional instructions which are inaccurate.

* Or should there be instructions at all? Excess instructions are usually annoying. On the other hand it's a custom widget, so people might not have encountered an input like it before and filtering isn't necessarily an intuitive interaction.