If you add a role=”form” to a form, a screen reader sees it as a region on a webpage. That means that a user can easily jump to the form with his/her region quick navigation keys (for example, in JAWS 15 you use R for this). And also, your user will be able to easily … Read more
Though this is old, I’m updating it for others who might find this question when searching later. @Matt Kelliher: Using the css :before and a data-* attribute for the list is a great idea, but can be modified slightly to be more handicap accessible as well: HTML: <ul aria-label=”Vehicle Models Available:”> <li>Dodge Shadow</li> <li>Ford Focus</li> … Read more
BOOL UIAccessibilityIsVoiceOverRunning();
Use the Control.ControlCollection.Find method. Try this: this.Controls.Find()
document.getElementById(“link3”).tabIndex = 6;
If you need an algorithm, try this: Convert the color from RGB space to HSV space (Hue, Saturation, Value). If your UI framework can’t do it, check this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV#Conversion_from_RGB_to_HSL_or_HSV Hue is in [0,360). To find the “opposite” color (think colorwheel), just add 180 degrees: h = (h + 180) % 360; For saturation and … Read more
There’s some good examples of its use at Mozilla Developer pages. Perhaps the best of their examples is where it’s used to associate a popup menu with the parent menu item – it’s Example 7 in the page: <div role=”menubar”> <div role=”menuitem” aria-haspopup=”true” id=”fileMenu”>File</div> <div role=”menu” aria-labelledby=”fileMenu”> <div role=”menuitem”>Open</div> <div role=”menuitem”>Save</div> <div role=”menuitem”>Save as …</div> … Read more
After some digging, I found some somewhat official recommendations. Unfortunately, most are not functional at this point in time. Both the browsers and the screen readers have a lot of to implement before Math and SVG can be considered accessible, but things are starting to look up. Disclaimer: the below recommendations are what I have … Read more
By default tab-access is disabled in safari(!). To enable it, check “Preferences > Advanced > Press tab to highlight each item on a page”.
They are used for different things. The alt attribute is used instead of the image. If the image can’t be shown, and in screen readers. The title attribute is shown along with the image, typically as a hover tooltip. One should not be used “instead” of the other. Each should be used properly, to do … Read more