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Re: Best way to hide headings from visual users while keeping them in the outline

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From: Dave Merrill
Date: Apr 22, 2013 9:01AM

The offscreen behavior seems perfect, just what I was looking for.


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Dave Merrill wrote:
> > Do readers typically leave hidden content out of the outline?
>
> It depends on how it is hidden. If display:none or visibility:hidden,
> etc. is used, it is removed from the document altogether. If it's
> hidden off-screen or with CSS clip, then all of the semantics of that
> element remain intact. An heading that is visually hidden off-screen
> would still be part of the outline, appear in the heading list, be
> navigable, etc., as if it weren't hidden at all.
>
> Jared
> > > >



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Dave Merrill