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Re: doPostBack and Keyboard accessibility

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Oct 4, 2011 10:39AM

What version of jaws/browser are you using? As long as there is text within
the link, it should be announced.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> I am evaluating an ASP.Net app, and noticed all of the links are:
> <a href="javascript:doPostBack(...)">Blah</a>
>
> While I don't know why it is done like this, I noticed when navigating
> to a link using just the keyboard, the browser thinks it is a dead
> link. However if I click or use JAWS on the link, it correctly goes to
> the destination. Does anybody knows why this is? Is there an easy fix,
> or does the app have to be redone?
>
> I am not the dev, and it is an internal app, so I can't give a link.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>