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Re: Javascript Lightbox & Accessibility

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Sep 10, 2013 10:58AM

A quick question, when you say "to make the same content accessible without
javascript", are you trying to make the lightbox work without JavaScript?

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From: "Jennifer Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 6:22 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] Javascript Lightbox & Accessibility


> Hi!
>
> I'm testing a page for accessibility and am newish to working with
> accessibility and javascript.
>
> Here's the page I'm testing with a lightbox code:
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/testing_sandbox/wide.html.
>
> I've done what I can do (with my HTML and CSS skills) to make the same
> content accessible without javascript - to download the PDFs.
>
> I'm looking for tips, ideas, suggestions for making it better. Would some
> ARIA roles help here? If so, where do I look for resources on improving
> this feature for accessibility?
>
> Thanks,
> Jen
>
> > >