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Re: Wrap part of a word in <span>

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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Apr 26, 2021 7:17AM

OK, thank you Steve.

I am working on a situation where I want to have a person's first and
last initials expand to their full name on hover. My thought was to
hide the rest of each in a span (not using display: none). Wanted to
make sure that wasn't going to be a bad thing.




On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:12 AM Steve Green
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> No, it won't cause any issues unless you apply the "display:none" style to the span or something like that.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Tom Livingston
> Sent: 26 April 2021 14:08
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Wrap part of a word in <span>
>
> Hello,
>
> Will wrapping part of a single word in a span cause AT issues when being read aloud?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
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Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic |
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