[IxDA Discuss] 'Select Country' dropdown

[Chris Williams]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 11:39 +0100, Claude Knaus wrote:
> I rely on an strict alphabetical list because I use the keyboard.
> I live in Switzerland (which is one of the last countries starting with 'S').
> 
> What I do:
> 
>     1. Press 'T' -> This will show Tanzania or Taiwan.
>     2. Press a few times 'Arrow Up' until I find Switzerland.
> 
> I guess if the most popular countries show up at the top, selection by
> keyboard will not work.

One thing I've noticed in this thread is that a lot of people assume
that selection by keyboard only takes the first character for random
access into the list.  In both IE7 and Firefox 2 (I just tested both)
you can type multiple characters to get to a spot in the list.  

I don't know what this affects as far as the real question goes, but I
do know it would apparently make dropdowns a little easier for some.  At
least in Claude's case, he could take a number of keystrokes down to
two, 'Sw' to find his country.

--chris