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Re: Titles for iframes

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Feb 10, 2015 11:42AM

On 10 February 2015 at 17:41, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Unfortunately, as Paul has described, many screen readers read extra
> stuff for iframes that do not have titles. This behavior is (I
> believe) incorrect, but is the reality. As such, a very concise
> descriptor of the iframe is likely the best alternative.
>

I this case role="presentation" could be used to remove the semantics of
the frame, need to check AT support.

I wrote an article about hidden iframes that may be helpful
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2010/04/making-sure-hidden-frames-are-hidden/
though probably needs an update :-)

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Regards

SteveF
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