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

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From: Dan Conley
Date: Aug 3, 2009 7:00AM

Well, if the text is auto generated it would always be kept up to date,
wouldn't it? I think I might switch some of my table of contents code to
use this, as there are quite a lot of (PDF) links after the titles, and
I could add in <span>$title</span> easily enough.

Also, the W3C example uses dl/dd. Isn't that a poor use of the field,
since you're not giving a definition?

Dan Conley

Simius Puer wrote:
> 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,
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