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From: Thompson, Rachel
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2016 3:16PM
Subject: Org charts
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Hi, all.
We have a large campus organization with lots of levels in their organization. They are building an org chart and want it to be accessible, web-based, not just an image or PDF. We suggested an unordered list, but it will likely have 5-6 levels of list hierarchy (does that make sense?) and they are concerned that it will be a jumbled mess for a screen reader user. Do you have any suggestions on good ways to do this? Any suggestions regarding how many list levels is acceptable?
Thanks!
Rachel
Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = | http://accessibility.ua.edu
From: Jamous, JP
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2016 4:13PM
Subject: Re: Org charts
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How about using a nice treeview layout rather than lists.
With menu items you can code them so the screen reader can identify the hierarchical level. From there it becomes so easy to navigate through them using arrow keys.
You can create your treeview using lists. You just use JavaScript to code the expand and collapse mechanisms.
There are so many nice accessible samples on the web. They work out of the box without ARIA. I used a couple in the past. Unfortunately, I got rid of them because the ASP.NET treeview was all I needed.
**************************************************
Jean-Pierre Jamous
Digital Accessibility Specialist & Developer
UI Accessibility Team
The only limitations in life are those we set for ourselves
**************************************************
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Subject: [WebAIM] Org charts
Hi, all.
We have a large campus organization with lots of levels in their organization. They are building an org chart and want it to be accessible, web-based, not just an image or PDF. We suggested an unordered list, but it will likely have 5-6 levels of list hierarchy (does that make sense?) and they are concerned that it will be a jumbled mess for a screen reader user. Do you have any suggestions on good ways to do this? Any suggestions regarding how many list levels is acceptable?
Thanks!
Rachel
Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology the University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = | http://accessibility.ua.edu
From: Angela French
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2016 4:53PM
Subject: Re: Org charts
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Perhaps this solution is an option: http://ung.edu/web-toolbox/web-accessibility/org-charts.php
Angela French
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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Org charts
How about using a nice treeview layout rather than lists.
With menu items you can code them so the screen reader can identify the hierarchical level. From there it becomes so easy to navigate through them using arrow keys.
You can create your treeview using lists. You just use JavaScript to code the expand and collapse mechanisms.
There are so many nice accessible samples on the web. They work out of the box without ARIA. I used a couple in the past. Unfortunately, I got rid of them because the ASP.NET treeview was all I needed.
**************************************************
Jean-Pierre Jamous
Digital Accessibility Specialist & Developer UI Accessibility Team
The only limitations in life are those we set for ourselves
**************************************************
-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 4:17 PM
To: WebAIM List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Subject: [WebAIM] Org charts
Hi, all.
We have a large campus organization with lots of levels in their organization. They are building an org chart and want it to be accessible, web-based, not just an image or PDF. We suggested an unordered list, but it will likely have 5-6 levels of list hierarchy (does that make sense?) and they are concerned that it will be a jumbled mess for a screen reader user. Do you have any suggestions on good ways to do this? Any suggestions regarding how many list levels is acceptable?
Thanks!
Rachel
Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology the University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = | http://accessibility.ua.edu
From: Angela French
Date: Fri, Aug 19 2016 4:56PM
Subject: Re: Org charts
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Wow! Look at this one: http://codepen.io/siiron/pen/aLkdE
-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Jamous, JP
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:14 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Org charts
How about using a nice treeview layout rather than lists.
With menu items you can code them so the screen reader can identify the hierarchical level. From there it becomes so easy to navigate through them using arrow keys.
You can create your treeview using lists. You just use JavaScript to code the expand and collapse mechanisms.
There are so many nice accessible samples on the web. They work out of the box without ARIA. I used a couple in the past. Unfortunately, I got rid of them because the ASP.NET treeview was all I needed.
**************************************************
Jean-Pierre Jamous
Digital Accessibility Specialist & Developer UI Accessibility Team
The only limitations in life are those we set for ourselves
**************************************************
-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 4:17 PM
To: WebAIM List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Subject: [WebAIM] Org charts
Hi, all.
We have a large campus organization with lots of levels in their organization. They are building an org chart and want it to be accessible, web-based, not just an image or PDF. We suggested an unordered list, but it will likely have 5-6 levels of list hierarchy (does that make sense?) and they are concerned that it will be a jumbled mess for a screen reader user. Do you have any suggestions on good ways to do this? Any suggestions regarding how many list levels is acceptable?
Thanks!
Rachel
Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology the University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = | http://accessibility.ua.edu
From: Maraikayar Prem Nawaz
Date: Mon, Aug 22 2016 2:03AM
Subject: Re: Org charts
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You can also try using SVG data points and tooltips.
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Angela French < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Wow! Look at this one: http://codepen.io/siiron/pen/aLkdE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On
> Behalf Of Jamous, JP
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 3:14 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Org charts
>
> How about using a nice treeview layout rather than lists.
>
> With menu items you can code them so the screen reader can identify the
> hierarchical level. From there it becomes so easy to navigate through them
> using arrow keys.
>
> You can create your treeview using lists. You just use JavaScript to code
> the expand and collapse mechanisms.
>
> There are so many nice accessible samples on the web. They work out of the
> box without ARIA. I used a couple in the past. Unfortunately, I got rid of
> them because the ASP.NET treeview was all I needed.
>
>
>
>
> **************************************************
>
> Jean-Pierre Jamous
> Digital Accessibility Specialist & Developer UI Accessibility Team
>
> The only limitations in life are those we set for ourselves
>
> **************************************************
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On
> Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 4:17 PM
> To: WebAIM List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Org charts
>
> Hi, all.
>
> We have a large campus organization with lots of levels in their
> organization. They are building an org chart and want it to be accessible,
> web-based, not just an image or PDF. We suggested an unordered list, but it
> will likely have 5-6 levels of list hierarchy (does that make sense?) and
> they are concerned that it will be a jumbled mess for a screen reader user.
> Do you have any suggestions on good ways to do this? Any suggestions
> regarding how many list levels is acceptable?
>
> Thanks!
> Rachel
>
> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional
> Technology the University of Alabama
> 123 Russell Hall
> Box 870248
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
> Phone 205-348-0216
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = | http://accessibility.ua.edu
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