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Is this a path towards a fully style-able select element that still operates correctly with keyboard and accessibility features?

It never fails to amaze me how many bad semi functional “select” controls I encounter on a regular basis. I must be part of the small minority that fills out forms entirely with the keyboard using the tab key and prefix matching.

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> Is this a path towards a fully style-able select element that still operates correctly with keyboard and accessibility features?

That's one of the main driving forces behind this effort - to allow developers to style <select> without failing in terms of keyboard and accessibility.

However, if you choose to make a <select> where the options are horizontal, or circular, you will have to add the 'different' keyboard interactions yourself. Up and down arrow keys will still cycle between options, but if your options are horizontal left & right keys would make more sense.

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