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Re: Best way to "hide" an onClick event from screen reader?

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From: Ryan Hemphill
Date: Apr 5, 2012 3:47PM

Sounds to me like the synch is getting messed up by the carousel updates. Let me take a closer look and I will get back to you. Fascinating bug, by the way! Thanks for sharing!

Ryan Hemphill
Senior User Experience Designer
Accessibility Consultant

On Apr 5, 2012, at 2:17 PM, "Birkir R. Gunnarsson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi
>
> It is actually moving the Jaws focus around the page.
> If you have Jaws on a machine and go to the main landmark for
> instance, then leave it there for a few seconds, the Jaws cursor keeps
> moving up. If you use tab to get to a link from that place, and then
> you hit tab again, you end up stuck on the same link.
> It is clearly messing with the Jaws focus, oddly enough not with NVDA
> (I left all default settings for web browsing in Jaws, I know I can
> fix it on my machine by disabling page refreshes, I have tested that,
> but most users don't know that they need to do that).
> Cheers
> -B
>
> On 4/5/12, John Martyn DoItBlind.com < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Is it moving focus around the page or is it just speaking more information
>> that wanted?
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R.
>> Gunnarsson
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 7:06 AM
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Best way to "hide" an onClick event from screen reader?
>>
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> I've been looking at www.ruv.is (the webpage of the Icelandic National
>> Radio).
>> It works very nicely with NVDA but Jaws (both 12 and 13) have huge issues
>> with the page, moving the focus all over the place.
>> The reason, as far as I can determine, is that an onClick event is generated
>> by JQuery to flip pictures on photo ribbons on the page (there is nothing
>> else in the way of automation, and the wave toolbar does not bring anything
>> up).
>> I need to somehow hide this activity from Jaws.
>> Would something like ARIA:Hidden do the trick here, or is a more fundamental
>> change necessary (I have examples of some excellently accessible carousels
>> availabe, but of course it is best to go the path of fewest changes
>> required).
>> Cheers
>> -B
>> >> >> messages to <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>
>> >> >> >>
> > >