RE: images used as form submit buttons

What happens? It gets read! <grin>

I know that Window-Eyes supports the TITLE tag for form controls, and I 
believe JFW does as well. In terms of browsers, TITLE is supported at least 
by Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,  Opera, and WebTV.


At 03:53 PM 5/24/2002 +0100, you wrote:

>Is the title attribute read by all browsers and is it an acceptable
>substitute for alt text? What happens in a screen reader when it hits the
>title attribute?
>
>J.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Aaron Smith [mailto:aaron@gwmicro.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:13 PM
> > To: Scarlett Julian (ED); w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> > Subject: Re: images used as form submit buttons
> >
> >
> > Adding a TITLE tag to an INPUT TYPE="image" should solve the problem.
> >
> > At 03:11 PM 5/24/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> > >All
> > >
> > >apologies if this arrives twice but the first post didn't
> > seem to appear
> > >after a couple of hours waiting.
> > >
> > >I am working on the assumption that using an image to submit
> > a form will
> > >cause accessibility problems either because of the need for
> > javascript or
> > >because it would mean using invalid html to create a text
> > alternative for
> > >the image. I am in a situation where I am being asked to use
> > images for form
> > >submission and would like to hear the views of list members.
> > >
> > >thanks
> > >
> > >Julian
> > >
> > >
> > >Julian Scarlett
> > >Web Design & Document Management System Officer
> > >PPU
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