I was wondering how members here feel about the accessibility of Fly Out
menus. The type I'm talking about are CSS based, ie no JavaScript but I'd
be interested to hear what people think about those that utilise
JavaScript.
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Mary-Anne Nayler
Senior Web
I was wondering how members here feel about the accessibility of Fly Out
menus. The type I'm talking about are CSS based, ie no JavaScript but I'd
be interested to hear what people think about those that utilise
JavaScript.
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Mary-Anne Nayler
Senior Web
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I was wondering how members here feel about the accessibility of Fly
Out menus. The type I'm talking about are CSS based, ie no JavaScript
but I'd be interested to hear what people think about those that
utilise JavaScript.
The suckerfish menus are pretty
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Sent: 21 June 2007 4:36 PM
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Subject: [WSG] Accessibility and fly
I'm yet to see a JavaScript-free menu that:
* Can be used without a pointing device (e.g. by keyboard or breath switch
users)
* Doesn't vanish the moment that the mouse drifts outside the menu
(thus requiring fine motor control that users with, for instance,
arthritis are unlikely to
On Behalf Of Brian Cummiskey
The suckerfish menus are pretty accessible, but like all items that
require a hover action, those with out a mouse may suffer a little.
http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/
This solution is keyboard friendly and there is a few pixels cussion
Mary-Anne.Nayler wrote:
I was wondering how members here feel about the accessibility of Fly
Out menus. The type I'm talking about are CSS based, ie no
JavaScript but I'd be interested to hear what people think about
those that utilise JavaScript.
There was a discussion about this *exact*
Ross Bruniges schreef:
the whole point is that there shouldn't be a javaScript-free menu that provides
this functionality!! CSS is merely a format for styling documents and should
not be used for functionality like that!
I've heard this a lot, but if changing color on hovering a link is
I was wondering how members here feel about the accessibility of Fly Out
menus. The type I'm talking about are CSS based, ie no JavaScript but I'd
be interested to hear what people think about those that utilise
JavaScript.
~~
Mary-Anne Nayler
Senior Web
