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From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Jun 18, 2010 11:27PM


Hi Angela,
I'm behind in going through emails this week. I just went back to the web
page and the problem is that JAWS isn't identifying any actual links.
Therefore, nothing happens when I click on anything on the page. Using JAWS
11 withIE8 and Windows Vista.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela French" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Need to know if this code snippet is accessible


> 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?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:36 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Need to know if this code snippet is accessible
>
>
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Angela French" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >; "'UW
> WebAccessibility Group'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:13 AM
> 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/>;
>>
>>