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Accessibility: Screen-Reader & Drop-Down Menu


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I have a form that collects the user's date of birth to compare against database data, and it works fine. But a blind user recently let me know that when his screen reader reads through each of the drop-down menus, they are one increment off on their number. I think this is because the first option has an empty value while the text has a value (example: "- Year -").So is there a way to get this working properly for a blind user, while still keeping the first option's value as empty? I've included the code for this file below. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.CODE:

<label for="dob_month"></label><select id="dob_month" name="selectMonth" tabindex="1">	<option value="" selected>- Month -</option>	<option value="01">January</option>	<option value="02">February</option>	<option value="03">March</option>	<option value="04">April</option>	<option value="05">May</option>	<option value="06">June</option>	<option value="07">July</option>	<option value="08">August</option>	<option value="09">September</option>	<option value="10">October</option>	<option value="11">November</option>	<option value="12">December</option></select><label for="dob_day"></label><select id="dob_day" name="selectDay" tabindex="2">	<option value="" selected="">- Select -</option>	<option value="01">01</option>	<option value="02">02</option>	<option value="03">03</option>	<option value="04">04</option>	<option value="05">05</option>	<option value="06">06</option>	<option value="07">07</option>	<option value="08">08</option>	<option value="09">09</option>	<option value="10">10</option>	<option value="11">11</option>	<option value="12">12</option>	<option value="13">13</option>	<option value="14">14</option>	<option value="15">15</option>	<option value="16">16</option>	<option value="17">17</option>	<option value="18">18</option>	<option value="19">19</option>	<option value="20">20</option>	<option value="21">21</option>	<option value="22">22</option>	<option value="23">23</option>	<option value="24">24</option>	<option value="25">25</option>	<option value="26">26</option>	<option value="27">27</option>	<option value="28">28</option>	<option value="29">29</option>	<option value="30">30</option>	<option value="31">31</option></select><label for="dob_year">Year</label><select id="dob_year" name="selectYear" tabindex="3">	<option value="" selected="">- Select -</option>	<option value="1990">1990</option>	<option value="1989">1989</option>	<option value="1988">1988</option>	<option value="1987">1987</option>	<option value="1986">1986</option>	<option value="1985">1985</option>	<option value="1984">1984</option>	<option value="1983">1983</option>	<option value="1982">1982</option>	<option value="1981">1981</option>	<option value="1980">1980</option>	<option value="1979">1979</option>	<option value="1978">1978</option>	<option value="1977">1977</option>	<option value="1976">1976</option>	<option value="1975">1975</option>	<option value="1974">1974</option>	<option value="1973">1973</option>	<option value="1972">1972</option>	<option value="1971">1971</option>	<option value="1970">1970</option>	<!-- ...and so on: DOB years go to the year 1900 --></select>

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If the problem is that the first value is empty, then ..

So is there a way to get this working properly for a blind user, while still keeping the first option's value as empty?
..no. But you could change the first option to have a value of "Choose now! Do it now, blind man!" or something like that.
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If the problem is that the first value is empty, then ....no. But you could change the first option to have a value of "Choose now! Do it now, blind man!" or something like that.
I must say that this is the BEST reply that I've ever received:)But it's too bad that there doesn't seem to be a way to make this work properly. I received a suggestion to use <optgroup>, but the "Month" text wouldn't highlight in that case. This is kind of a pain.
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