Generated CSS content and browser/assistive technology compatibility

James,

Thank you for the code sample.

At this point the only known place generated CSS content works with assistive technology is Safari/Voice Over or are there other combinations you are aware of?

Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: James Craig [mailto:jcraig@apple.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 12:28 PM
To: Gunderson, Jon R
Cc: Ted O'Connor; W3C WAI Protocols & Formats
Subject: Re: CSS flexbox

> On Oct 9, 2014, at 6:34 AM, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way through a W3C DOM interface to identify this generated content?

CSSOM not DOM:
var pseudoBefore = window.getComputedStyle(myElement, "::before"); var genContent = pseudoBefore.getPropertyValue("alt") || pseudoBefore.getPropertyValue("-webkit-alt") || pseudoBefore.getPropertyValue("content");

If "content" returned an image URL string, you'd have to further parse to determine if there was a useful text alternative, or maybe the text or speak-as value of the counter if the content of the pseudo-element was a counter. [1]

>From the spec:
>> If pseudoElt is as an ASCII case-insensitive match for either ':before' or '::before' let obj be the ::before pseudo-element of elt.
>> If pseudoElt is as an ASCII case-insensitive match for either ':after' or '::after' let obj be the ::after pseudo-element of elt.

http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/#dom-window-getcomputedstyle
http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/#dom-cssstyledeclaration-getpropertyvalue

Cheers,
James

1. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014May/thread.html#msg146