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Re: Wrap part of a word in <span>

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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Apr 26, 2021 7:38AM

OK, thanks.

It's a calendar. I haven't quite worked all the kinks out yet, but
there could be a number of initial-sets together in one calendar day
container. Each one hoverable. They are not links so tab order would
have to be set, correct?

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:33 AM Steve Green
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Both is good. That will work fine as long as you use the "clip" technique to hide the text. It's a very common technique with a lot of applications.
>
> However, it might not be such a good idea if there are a lot of names on the page, because it would add a lot of tab stops.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 26 April 2021 14:30
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Wrap part of a word in <span>
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> How about both? This is an intranet and a small captive audience, but I'd like to make sure it's right - right as possible.
>
> I will test, thanks.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:20 AM John Hicks < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > > >
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