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Re: Using the Clip CSS property to visually hide text

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Nov 19, 2012 1:21PM

That is strange, I wonder if this has anything to do with browser or OS
config somehow. Does this happen on multiple computers?

When I was researching the hidden text class for AccDC, I needed something
that could be implemented in a scalable manner without any knowledge of what
type of content would be included within the hidden sections; which could be
static elements or active elements or a combination thereof.

So I ended up basing this on the research article at
http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/hiding-content-for-accessibility
as Scott mentioned previously, which helps explain the various reasons
behind the use of overflow.


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From: "GILLENWATER, ZOE M" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Using the Clip CSS property to visually hide text


I don't know what to tell you. I don't hear labels in those browsers when
overflow:hidden is present, but removing it fixes it.

The ONLY thing that overflow:hidden prevents, based on my testing, is that
if I have a link with a span inside with the hiding class on it, then the
focus outline around that link in WebKit browsers will display as a jagged
box instead of a four-sided rectangle. This problem is so ridiculously minor
compared to the problem of not hearing a label for a form field that I think
it's foolish to suggest that we include CSS across the board to solve it.
Far more logical to add that CSS only when you have a link with a span
inside that you want to hide.

Have you found any other benefit to including overflow:hidden? I asked
Theirry Koblentz about this last month over Twitter and he couldn't provide
me with any rationale for it either.

Zoe

Zoe Gillenwater
Web Accessibility Technical Architect
AT&T Consumer Digital Experience

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