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Re: Expander links

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From: Travis Roth
Date: Apr 14, 2010 8:54AM

From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Al Sparber

From: "Jared Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> I'm a bit perplexed that there doesn't seem to be a universal method
>> of accessibility for expander links - when you activate a link and
>> content is displayed elsewhere in the page. These often take the forms
>> of "+" links or linked headings with arrows adjacent to them or
>> "expand/collapse" links. I've seen various approaches to this, but all
>> leave something to be desired for screen reader users.

> Hi Jared,

>The cleanest approach is to never hide the additional content. The expander
link is an anchor to the additional content, which is
>always "there" save for a height of zero ;-)

Hi Al,
I disagree. This can result in a lot of content being available in a screen
reader user's way. There are many cases where I agree with you this is not a
large factor and skip links or headings, etc., can help the user move over
content. However this is not always true. An example of this is tables of
data that expand and collapse sections of data, and if all of the data is
expandd for screen reader users he would need to possibly move row by row
through many extra rows. An example of such tables can be found in options
tables of brokerage sites.