I have added a hidden menu to a site for those using text browsers or
surfing with images turned off.
The regular menu is image based but uses titles for accessibility, but
this doesn't show in Lynx. I'd rather have a text based menu now but the
client is happy and it is better than the drop
Stuart Sherwood wrote:
I have added a hidden menu to a site for those using text browsers or
surfing with images turned off.
The regular menu is image based but uses titles for accessibility, but
this doesn't show in Lynx.
You *ARE* giving those images suitable ALT attributes, I hope? TITLE
Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
TITLE is irrelevant for accessibility.
Actually, let me rephrase that before it causes confusion: TITLE on
images is pretty much irrelevant (unless you're doing some sort of
mystery meat navigation and need to ensure that Firefox gives the user
a tooltip description
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the menu uses CSS Sprit rollovers so there are
no images
in the markup, therefore no alt tags.
Title tags are irrelevant for accessibility? From W3C: Audio user agents may speak the
title information in a similar context. For example, setting the attribute on a
Stuart Sherwood wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the menu uses CSS Sprit rollovers so
there are no images
in the markup, therefore no alt tags.
They're *attributes*, not tags, please learn the correct terminology.
Title tags are irrelevant for accessibility?
No, they're not
Thankyou for correcting my terminology.
Text-indent. That's just what I need! Thankyou Lachlan, its a much
better solution.
Stuart
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
Stuart Sherwood wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the menu uses CSS Sprit rollovers so
there are no images
in the markup, therefore
Stuart Sherwood wrote:
I have added a hidden menu to a site for those using text browsers or
surfing with images turned off.
Avoid creating links without text, it's bad practice. Using small images
of text in you main navigation is bad too.
Things that make me go 'huh?'
1. If I turn off
Stuart,
Try this http://tjkdesign.com/articles/tip.aspRegards, Irina.
I think I have come up with a more elegant solution now.
There is only one menu with each link formatted like this:
lia id=Home title=Home href=index.jspbr /Home/a/li
The br pushes the text under the header so it isn't visable to regular
users but accessable when images are turned off.
Stuart Sherwood wrote:
I think I have come up with a more elegant solution now.
There is only one menu with each link formatted like this:
lia id=Home title=Home href=index.jspbr /Home/a/li
The br pushes the text under the header so it isn't visable to regular
users but accessable when images
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