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Re: Odd JAWS behavior

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Aug 11, 2015 4:44PM

Have you tried it without the < span>
Sometimes jaws gets weird with nested tags
On Aug 11, 2015 2:30 PM, "Moore,Michael (HHSC)" <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have a series of links where if you use read by line, paragraph, or
> character, the link in the code below is read as "Help" it also shows up as
> "Help" in a JAWS links list. However if you tab to the link you here a
> series of numbers and letters followed by the "#" symbol and then finally
> "Help"
>
> <li>
> <a id="linkHelp_en" onclick="helpTextPopUp('
> http://wcm-pfx-vip.hhscie.txaccess.net:80/wps/wcm/connect/englishhelp/Your
> Texas Benefits');" href="#">
> <span>Help</span>
> </a>
> <script>
>
> document.getElementById("linkHelp_en").setAttribute("onclick",
> "helpTextPopUp('"+wcmHelpLink_en+"');");
> </script>
> </li>
>
> I am not sure if this is being caused by the use of href="#" or if because
> this list is contained inside of a menu element that contains no menuitems
> or something else.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
> > > > >