Re: How Does JAWS Treat These CSS Parameters?
- From: "E.J. Zufelt" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:56:26 -0400
Jim,
Have you tried using Firebug to identify the style / classes applied to the
element when it is not performing as you would like? Firebug is a bit of a
pain to get your head around, but it is a very powerful DOM inspection tool.
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On 2010-07-16, at 6:48 AM, Homme, James wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks folks. Much appreciated. Something else has to be going on with this
> thing then.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Homme,
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> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:45 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: How Does JAWS Treat These CSS Parameters?
>
> Hey,
>
> JAWS 11 will honour both display: none and visibility: hidden. Because
> screen-readers do honour these CSS properties it then actually becomes tricky
> to find a way to design a CSS class that will hide information visually but
> keep it available for screen-readers.
>
>
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> On 2010-07-16, at 6:41 AM, Homme, James wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm not actually sure that the code works correctly. It's generated by a huge
> application that's like a black box.
>
> Jim Homme,
> Usability Services,
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> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of D!J!X!
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:46 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: How Does JAWS Treat These CSS Parameters?
>
> It works for me here, are you sure you are selecting the right part of the
> page and that the code works correctly?
>
> HTH, D!J!X!
>
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:19 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: How Does JAWS Treat These CSS Parameters?
>
> Hi,
> This question involves JAWS 11.
>
> It seems like JAWS is not honoring display:none in a style sheet on the web.
> My question is: how does it treat display:none and how does it treat
> display:hidden? It seems like it's allowing things to display even though the
> CSS has display:none.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Homme,
> Usability Services,
> Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme
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