Re: $html->link default titles

2008-09-12 Thread RichardAtHome
Which accessibilty checkpoint requires you to have a title attribute on every hyperlink? The nearest I can find is checkpoint 13.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-meaningful-links 13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. [Priority 2] Link text should be meaningful enoug

Re: $html->link default titles

2008-09-11 Thread AussieFreelancer
I can see your point about repeating it twice, I don't understand how different accessibility applications work, but I know that it is part of the WAI and Section 508 accessibility standards that all href elements should have the title attribute, and all images should have an alt tag, even if it i

Re: $html->link default titles

2008-09-11 Thread Adam Royle
You can override cakephp's defualt functionality in your AppHelper if you want to do this. I don't think it should be the standard, as there are situations where you might not want this. Additionally, why do you need to repeat the link text in the link title? Won't this effectively cause the scre

$html->link default titles

2008-09-11 Thread AussieFreelancer
I have just done a quick google search, and can't seem to see anything about this, but I have been thinking for some time now, that for accessibility reasons, wouldn't it make sense for the links to have a default title, and even images have an empty alt tag by default? The link title could defaul