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Re: Hiding the presence of an iframe

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Dec 8, 2018 7:37AM

I believe the announcement of iframes is a security feature. If you have a controlled environment you could adjust html verbosity within JAWS.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn

> On Dec 7, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Isabel Holdsworth < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> The pages in one of our products have an iframe that contains
> important information. All of the page content looks like it should
> come from the same source, but it doesn't, and for some reason that
> can't be changed, an iframe has been used rather than AJAX.
>
> Is there any way to hide the presence of an iframe from screenreader
> users but still make its content available?
>
> If I assign a role of "presentation" or "none" to the iframe, then
> JAWS can't see its content.
>
> Leaving it there isn't the end of the world, but I think it disrupts
> the flow and may confuse some of our younger users.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts - and have a great weekend,
>
> Isabel
> > > >