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Re: Need to know if this code snippet is accessible

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From: Angela French
Date: Jun 14, 2010 1:12PM

Chuck, Thank you for testing. Although I don't have the new code snippet up on my test site, I ended up wrapping an anchor tag around the "read description" text so that it is actionable. I can now tab to it and use my Enter key to expand the content. Would this make it accessible now by a JAWS user?

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When I went to the page and clicked on it using JAWS nothing happened other
than I was taken either to the desktop or my "Favorites" menu opened. I find
that this happens frequently on many inaccessible web pages using Windows
Vista and IE8 with JAWS 11 latest version.
Chuck
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Subject: [WebAIM] Need to know if this code snippet is accessible


> Hello,
> I have a test page posted at:
> http://checkoutacollege.com:8080/accordion2.htm . When the user clicks on
> the "read description" text, a block of text is revealed below. I need
> to know if this "accordion" methodology is accessible. It relies on the
> click event, so I'm thinking it's not. It also relies (for the sighted
> user's benefit) on the initial display property being set to none, until
> such time the user clicks on the "read description" text. Can screen
> readers read content that has been set to display:none?
>
> Can anyone help me with this? If this method is not accessible, can
> anyone suggest a method that would work? The real page would have about
> 37 Program Titles and descriptions. The descriptions are a paragraph
> long, so for the sighted user, this results in a page that is visually
> very long. That is why I wanted to try this "accordion" or expanding
> content idea, but not at the expense of making it inaccessible.
>
> Thank you for your input.
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
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