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From: Middleton, John
Date: Feb 2, 2017 12:21PM

I like and have used the wet-boew Footnotes technique as required:
https://wet-boew.github.io/v4.0-ci/demos/footnotes/footnotes-en.html

Regards,
John Middleton
Web Development Specialist
IT Client Technology
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Austin, TX 78723
www.ktdrr.org




On 2/2/17, 12:19 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Beranek, Nicholas"
< <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of
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>Hi folks,
>
>A colleague of mine, Brian Lovely, tried to pose a question to the group
>but the email has not come through. I'm hoping that it comes through mine!
>
>Here is the question:
>
>We have footnotes that are indicated by linked numbers. Is a linked
>number enough or should there be some kind of visually hidden text like
>"footnote"? ...and what about links back to the content from the footnote
>text? Code example follows:
>
><a href="#footnote1">1</a>
>
><div id="footnote1">My foot itches</div>
>
>
>Thank you!
>
>Nick Beranek
>Accessibility Tech Lead
>Digital Accessibility Team
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