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Re: Using CSS to hide a portion of the link text

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From: Simius Puer
Date: Aug 3, 2009 6:55AM

Agreed - the method described by by the W3C is technically solid.

The only potential pitfall (as they point out themselves) is an editorial
one, ensuring that the hidden text is not overly verbose. I'd also add
emphasis on ensuring it is 'accurate' and 'kept up-to-date' as these are
easily missed unless the site editors are trained to check these (or if your
CMS enforces some manual checking).


Andrew Hart


2009/8/3 Evans, Donald (Contractor) < <EMAIL REMOVED> >

> Almost any page that uses the same link text many times could make use of
> hidden link text to describe them.
>
> Example: An ecommerce site that has a dozen products listed, each with a
> link next to the product's picture that says, "Buy". Adding CSS hidden text
> to the Buy link makes each link distinct.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Geof Collis
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:06 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Using CSS to hide a portion of the link text
>
> Hi Everett
>
> As a screen reader user and an accessibility expert I'm of the
> opinion from that page:
> "Other screen reader users and accessibility experts don't recommend
> this as a general technique because the results can be overly chatty
> and constrain
> "
> however if you can show me an incident where this is used and serves
> a real purpose other than talking my ear off then I might change my mind.
>
> cheers
>
> Geof
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 03:25 AM 8/3/2009, you wrote:
> >Good morning,
> >
> >Trying to build support for more meaningful link text in Drupal 7. To
> >this end I am investigating using CSS to hide a portion of link text.
> >If anyone has strong, or medium, feelings about this method I'd love
> >to hear them.
> >
> >Also, wondering if anyone can point to examples of sites that are
> >using WCAG 2.0 technique C7 - Using CSS to hide a portion of the link
> >text - http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/C7
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Everett
> >
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