Sent by James Craig on 18 July 2003 23:11
Austin, Darrel wrote:
>Anyone know how a screen reader would handle that? Would it just read title
>attribute?
I know JAWS (the most popular screen reader used by blind and low-vision
people) will not read anything set to display:none;
I have heard a rumor that it will read stuff set to visibility:hidden;
though I can't verify this. Can anyone else?
Certain screen can read the 'title' attributes but I believe that's a
user setting that can be changed. Translation: don't rely on it.
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A method I've been using lately is to take the would-be hidden element
and give it a position:absolute and left:-999px; therefore visibly
positioning it offscreen but not 'disabling' the text. I thought of this
fairly recently so I haven't had a chance to test it on screen readers.
Good luck,
James Craig
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