- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:03:50 -0600
- To: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>, "Rochford, John" <john.rochford@umassmed.edu>, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com>
Hi all, I wrote: > Ideas for new SC verbiage? To kick this off, here is an idea that attempts to combine the hover issues: "Content that is necessary for understanding and appears on hover: * is discernible, * does not obscure other content, and * is available by any input method. Does that say it? Thanks. Kindest Regards, Laura On 11/17/16, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, Alistair, Wayne, and all, > > I am trying to understand the proposed change to the Metadata On Hover > [1] SC text. During the October 27th meeting it was changed to: > "Content that appears on hover should not obscure the triggering > element or other content." After that Wayne asked me to add his "Popup > Text Overwriting Actionable Buttons Example" screenshot, which I did. > > With these 2 changes it seems that the original issue may have gotten > lost. The original issue was not content obscuring the triggering > element or other content. It was the "Cursor Overlapping Tooltip Text > on Hover" due to authors using title attributes. Simply put: Authors > shouldn't not rely on tool tips alone. Authors should not put > important information in title attributes that can become unreadable > when content and cursors are enlarged. Information should be available > through more than one mechanism. > > I think either Alistair's or my prior versions of the SC text address > that original problem. That SC text was: > > 1. "Hidden content that is necessary for understanding is available > using any available input method." - Alistair, 25 October 2016 > 2. "Metadata in a webpage that is shown on mouse-over does not include > information necessary to perceive content." - Laura, 21 October 2016 > > But now that we have 2 different hover issues 1) Cursor Overlapping > Tooltip Text on Hover as well as 2) Popup Text Overwriting Actionable > Buttons in this one SC, how do we best address both issues? Ideas for > new SC verbiage? > > Or should they be 2 different SCs? > > Thoughts? > > Thank you. > > Kindest Regards, > Laura > [1] > https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Metadata_on_Mouse-Over > > -- > Laura L. Carlson > -- Laura L. Carlson
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