WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Wrap part of a word in <span>

for

From: John Hicks
Date: Apr 26, 2021 7:19AM

as long as by hover you mean ... focus !

I reckon you'd best test it though, I find voiceover takes every possible
opportunity to surprise ... :)

Le lun. 26 avr. 2021 à 15:17, Tom Livingston < <EMAIL REMOVED> > a écrit :

> 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
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > -----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.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic |
> > ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com
> >
> >
> > #663399
> > > > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> > > > > > > > > > >
>
>
> --
>
> Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic |
> ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com
>
>
> #663399
> > > > >