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Re: Accessible external links

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From: Chaals McCathie Nevile
Date: Nov 29, 2015 7:07PM


Or just to have something visual indicating that the link is external.
This is one of the things that wikis often get right...

cheers

On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 04:13:16 +1000, Bossley, Pete < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Another option is to use clipping to hide text.
>
>
> .visually-hidden {
> position: absolute !important;
> height: 1px; width: 1px;
> border: 0; padding: 0;
> overflow: hidden;
> clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); /* IE6, IE7 */
> clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
> }
>
> <a href="http://blablabla.com/bla" Link Text <span
> class=visually-hidden>(External Link)</span></a>
>
>
>
>
> Peter Bossley
> OCIO Accessibility Analyst
> Office of the CIO Enterprise Applications
> The Ohio State University
>
> 614-292-8571 Office
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ocio.osu.edu
>
>
>