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Purpose: Many sites have dropdown menus where the expanding of the links can only be triggered by a mouse hover. This means that for keyboard only users parts of the site are harder or sometimes impossible to reach. This plugin makes these dropdown menus keyboard accessible. When tabbing through the primary navigation the sub level menus will become visible and users will be able to tab to the lower level links. The current version has been tested by both sighted keyboard-only users and screen reader users. If it doesn’t work for your reader, please let us know! How it Works: The plugin uses a combination of CSS and javascript to enable the dropdown menus to be keyboard controlled. Using the script, whenever a link in the menu gets focus its containing list item ( ) is given the necessary class. This enables the new CSS definitions to open any hidden submenus and bring those links into the tabbing order. In the absence of javascript the full submenu lists may not open but the individual sub-links can be tabbed to. Credits: Current version built and maintained by Amy Hendrix. The original version of this plugin was built by Graham Armfield. It is still available at http://www.coolfields.co.uk/2011/12/wordpress-keyboard-accessible-dropdown-menus-plugin-version-0-1/ The mechanism used in this plugin is based on the same logic used in Blake...
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- Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
- Minimal impact on pagespeed The impact of this plugin on PageSpeed is less than the average impact of other plugins on WordPress.org + 1000 milliseconds
- No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found no PHP error while activating this plugin on our server
- No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
- Latest PHP 7.2.16 compatible The latest version of the plugin is compatible with the latest PHP version
- Latest WordPress 5.2.4 compatible The latest version of the plugin is compatible with the latest PHP version
- Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
- No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
- No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
- Frequently updated The plugin was not updated at least once in the last 90 days
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Active Installation
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Support Thread
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About Accessible Dropdown Menus
Description
Purpose: Many sites have dropdown menus where the expanding of the links can only be triggered by a mouse hover. This means that for keyboard only users parts of the site are harder or sometimes impossible to reach. This plugin makes these dropdown menus keyboard accessible. When tabbing through the primary navigation the sub level menus will become visible and....
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Memory Usage
- Average memory usage is -13.11 KB
- This is less than 99% plugins
Page Speed
- Average page loading time is increased by 0.09 s
- This is faster than 99% plugins
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- Before plugin activation
- After plugin activation
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Average Change
+ 0.09s
/(front page)
- 0.03s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
- 0.12s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
- 0.04s
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.09s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.05s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.07s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.12s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+ 0.08s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
- 0.04s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 0.11s
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 0.83s
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Memory Usage Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data
- Before plugin activation
- After plugin activation
Pages
Benchmark
Change
Average Change
- 13.11KB
/ (front page)
- 8.54KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 0.06KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 0.19KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.2KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 0.2KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.08KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.12KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 11.62KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 1.04KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 0.19KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 0.06KB
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Frequently Updated
- The plugin has not been updated in the last 90 days.
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