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Re: Name and Title Attributes

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: May 21, 2002 9:04AM

JAWS reads the title when you use ctrl+tab to switch from frame to frame but
the name is used in the frame dialog that is invoked by Ins+F9. Use both.

AWK


On 5/21/02 10:40 AM, Crutchfield, Charles ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I'm new to these questions, but am trying to get up to speed. Thanks for the
> good information I've found here so far.
>
> I have a question about the use of the Name and Title attributes in frames.
> I've been looking on the web but haven't found a clear answer. What gets
> read by the screen reader (HPR or JAWS) when opening a frame: the Title, the
> Name, the Title of the Page in the frame, all of these? I don't yet have a
> machine with JAWS to test on, so I can't just run these tests myself.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Charlie
>
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