Techniques for Guideline 4

Guideline 4. Ensure user control over styles

Technique for Checkpoint 4.1 Allow the user to control font family.

	- Implement the CSS properties related to Fonts
	- Allow the user to configure the user agent to ignore author-specified
font family.
	- Allow the user to set the default font family for the user agent.

Technique for Checkpoint 4.2 Allow the user to control the size of text.

	- Implement the CSS properties related to Fonts
	- Allow the user to configure the user agent to ignore author-specified
font size.
	- Allow the user to set the default font size for the user agent.

Technique for Checkpoint 4.3 Allow the user to control foreground color.

	- Implement the CSS properties related to color
	- Allow the user to configure the user agent to ignore author-specified
foreground color.

Technique for Checkpoint 4.5 Allow the user to control selection
highlighting (e.g., foreground and background color).

	- Implement CSS2 "HighLightText" and "HighLight" properties from a personal
style sheet
	- Allow the user to configure the user agents rendering of selection
highlighting

Technique for Checkpoint 4.6 Allow the user to control focus highlighting
(e.g., foreground and background color).

	- Implement CSS ":focus" pseudo class, that allows user to control :focus
attributes from a personal style sheet
	- Allow the user to configure the user agents rendering of focus rendering


There should be a pointer to Section 3.1
[http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-TECHS-19991105/#ua-style]

something like
See Section 3.1 for more information about using STYLE sheets and
accessibility [STYLE-ACCESSIBILITY] link to
[http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-TECHS-19991105/#ua-style]]

for Checkpoint 4.1 through 4.6

Jim Allan, Statewide Technical Support Specialist
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9453  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"Be BOLD and mighty forces will come to your aid." Basil King

Received on Friday, 19 November 1999 13:29:24 UTC