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- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:30:37 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13733 Summary: the area element and alternative text Product: HTML WG Version: unspecified Platform: PC URL: http://www.w3.org/mid/B6CB855C5769484F862F4FB2CCFA50F4 02D545A7@VHAISHMSGJ2.vha.med.va.gov OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch ReportedBy: mike@w3.org QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org, public-html@w3.org http://www.w3.org/mid/B6CB855C5769484F862F4FB2CCFA50F402D545A7@VHAISHMSGJ2.vha.med.va.gov The Area Element It states that if an area does not have an href then it cannot be selected and thus does not require an alt attribute. It is unclear how that would comply with other requirements for alternative text on images. For example, imagine the areas in an image map represent rooms in a house, but only the kitchen, living room and bedroom can be selected, but there are also a bathroom, a dining room, and a library represented in the image, which are not presently active. Not providing text representations of those rooms would be withholding information from a user who does not have access to the image. This would be especially true if links from areas are dynamically generated. It would seem that having an area's text representation appear and disappear, could be more disconcerting than having it always present, but with appropriate indicators of whether it is an active link or an inactive graphic. Inactive areas could be kept out of the tab order though. Also, a means would have to be provided for areas with empty alt attributes from being placed in the tab order. [split out from bug 13590] -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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