Hey,
If you’re looking to include elements on a page (such as a checkbox) that you
do not want a screenreader to be able to access and confuse the user with then
the best practice is to add role=”presentation” to the element. As defined by
the WAI-ARIA spec here http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/rol
Thanks Darren,
In our case, it’s a requirement that we use HTML, not PDF or word. Graphical
elements are an option and it’s how they’re done at the moment, but I would
have thought a Jaws user would find that quite confusing. I would think a
checkbox symbol would be better practice because there
Hi Chris,
So what your saying is that your current website has form elements for printing
the page and then ticked and submitted like a paper form?
There are a few possible ways that you could do this without involving forms
that have no submit buttons, because yes it would be confusing for
ac
Hi Chris,
Why not make the printable form a word doc or pdf for them to download, rather
than coding it into the page as a form or image?
That way you wont confuse the users and you have the option of still making the
pdf form interactive.
If that's not possible then I would use an image for t
Hi Chris
Let me recap to make sure I get this. Pardon me if I miss the mark.
The web page is flat HTML and it has checkboxes, so that were someone to print
the page, they would use those checkboxes to mark with a pen.
The checkboxes have no purpose online, as you can't submit their information
w
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Chris Vickery
wrote:
> We’ve got some flat forms on our site, ie. They are not interactive forms,
> and have no submit button. They are indicating that it’s a check list that
> can be ticked once the page is printed.
Hi Chris,
Can you use a print stylesheet to ch
Hi all,
We've got some flat forms on our site, ie. They are not interactive forms, and
have no submit button. They are indicating that it's a check list that can be
ticked once the page is printed.
Someone suggested putting in regular check boxes and having no submit button,
but wouldn't that m
