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Re: Hiding the presence of an iframe

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Dec 10, 2018 2:37AM

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for your response.

No, we don't have a controlled environment, so I guess it's something
users will have to put up with until we can re-jig our HTML.

Cheers, Isabel

On 08/12/2018, Jonathan C. Cohn < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
>> >> >> >> > > > > >