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Re: An intersting Problem

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 19, 2013 7:33AM

On 19/02/2013 14:28, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> 2013-02-19 16:21, Michael Burks wrote:
>
>> However, I looked at the code, and do not see display: none.
>
> There are many other ways to hide elements, such as positioning so that
> some other element is positioned at the same coordinates with a larger
> z-index value.

But screenreaders wouldn't care about other stuff being visually layered
over the checkboxes. That'd be more of a "I can't click them with my
mouse even though I see them" type issue.

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Patrick H. Lauke