Use a real dropdown menu instead: a list (ul
, li
) and links. Never misuse form elements as links.
Readers with screen readers usually scan through a automagically generated list of links – the’ll miss these important information. Many keyboard navigation systems (e.g. JAWS, Opera) offer different keyboard shortcuts for links and form elements.
If you still cannot drop the idea of a select
don’t use the onchange
handler at least. This is a real pain for keyboard users, it makes your third item nearly inaccessible.