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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 9, 2009 10:45AM

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Seth Kane < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I can tell you right now it won't work because display: none omits
> everything from jaws.
> http://juicystudio.com/article/screen-readers-display-none.php
>
> Try using off page positioning instead if you continue to go this route.

Seth,

not specifically looked at Angela's code, but just as a general rule
there are situations where display:none is indeed exactly what you
want to use, rather than off-page techniques. Otherwise, even for a
sighted keyboard user, you end up with having to tab through all links
in the hidden panel/submenu/accordion fold/etc. Provided that there's
an activation link that is clear and then reverts the display:none to
display:block (as I can spy in Angela's code), that's exactly the
right way to do it.

IMHO of course,

P
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Patrick H. Lauke