2020-05-21 (Thursday)

It’s weird how tweets and blog posts I read from the US are all “OMG some people aren’t wearing masks!!!” And yet here it’s more “You could probably wear a mask in confined spaces, if you like, or not bother, dunno if it’ll do any good, up to you really”. Different realities.

@latchylatchford Thanks, I was looking at that. Looks like they’ve been gradually making improvements in accessibility. I was hoping to avoid jquery, having not needed it yet on this project, but sometimes you have to go with the flow!

@iOvrThoughtThis Thanks! I've realised I need to find out if it's more (1) or (2). Although there's no meaningful way to break them into smaller sections in this case.

@mikestreety Thanks - looks like slimselectjs.com . Unclear how accessible it is at first glance but I will add it to the list.

@jamesjefferies This was a fun ride... github.com/select2/select…

@edwardhorsford Thanks - I'll have a look.

@eliothill Thanks! Happy to have suggestions from anyone :) I hadn't thought about a tags input, but good thought. I think a loop would be a bit much in this case, as it's only one input in a bigger form (don't look! 🙈)

@jamesjefferies Oh I forgot about that one ta. I'll have a poke. I'm happy to accept suggestions from all and sundry :)

@edwardhorsford Oh, nice! Although this is the same <select> that I previously wanted to use that on, with "disabled" elements, that it doesn't support. Now I've reached another difficulty level with "multiple".

@PENetworkUK @GWR @theSpeks @bbcgoodfood @bbcbitesize @BBCNews @CBeebiesHQ @ChiIdreninNeed I loaded your page without JavaScript and it looks like this. Also, your page loads 8MB of images and JS!

Hey front-end devs!

A list of 450 options and the user can choose one or more of them. A <select multiple> works but is horrid. Checkboxes get very long.

Do you have some fave JS magic that (a) makes it nicer (b) is accessible and (c) reverts to standard input without JS?

Thx.

@whoisdanw Sorry, can you rephrase that in English that for me, please? Or type "menu". Just a friendly reminder that I only answer questions about our platform.

Try me!

I’ll keep fresher for longer if you keep me in my packaging in the fridge.

@holgate I have loved you more, but only in specific and ornate circumstances