Guideline 9.8 - linkgroups_hide

Hello there - a comment on the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft:

Under guideline 9.8:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-HTML-TECHS-20041119/#linkgroups_hide

"Do not hide the skip link using the display property; either display:none
or display:hidden. Screen readers will not speak text with display:none and
sometimes will not speak text with display:hidden."

"hidden" is not a correct value for the CSS "display" property. Presume that
"visibility:hidden" was the intended CSS, like so:

"Do not hide the skip link using the display property; either display:none
or visibility:hidden. Screen readers will not speak text with display:none
and sometimes will not speak text with visibility:hidden."

However, this is incorrect - JAWS screenreader (latest version - v5.10,
default install) *does* speak text with display:none and visibility:hidden.

Suggest that text is changed to read:

"Do not hide the skip link using the display property; either display:none
or visibility:hidden. Some screen readers will not speak text with
display:none and sometimes will not speak text with visibility:hidden."

Regards,
Jude Robinson.



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Received on Tuesday, 21 December 2004 03:21:27 UTC