Re: Drop longdesc, get aria-describedat?

Silvia Pfeiffer, Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:29:58 +1100:
> Since IE is interpreting the text inside the @longdesc attribute as
> text and not as a link, it's not working, no matter whether
> screenreaders can re-interpret that text and do other things with it.

The bug is probably in MSAA and not in IE itself. Or else, this - 
involved - method for getting a longdesc contextual menu in IE - demoed 
at the request of John, probably would not work:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/accessibility/archive/2011/03/25/configuring-internet-explorer-to-handle-longdesc.aspx
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Leif H Silli

Received on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:24:29 UTC