- From: Nir Dagan <nir@nirdagan.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 14:06:15 GMT
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Charles wrote: "... Do User Agents which implement MAP with Block level links provide the Text of the links as they would the ALT text of AREAs?" If the MAP is the content of an OBJECT and the image of the OBJECT is shown then no (alt) text is shown. If the MAP is outside the OBJECT, and its content is block level elements then the content of MAP is shown even when the image is shown and used as an image map. The spec. says you can duplice navbars this way. That is, put an OBJECT with usemap at the top, its content may be a link to the navigation bar at the bottom, and the MAP is written at the bottom. I was actually claiming that one can use MAP without any associated image. This is trivially supported by all browsers: they render the MAPs content. Those who (will) support image maps with block in MAP should render the content as well if there is no image associated. For example: <DIV> <MAP name="foo"> <P><A href="some.html">some link</A> | <A href="someother.html">some other link</A></P> </MAP> </DIV> I put the MAP in a DIV as MAP is inline and not allowed as child of BODY in HTML4.0 strict. There are no coords or shape attributes as there is no image associated anyway. The MAP has a name because it is required by the spec., but has no function in my imageless image-map proposal... My point is that since there is no NAVBAR element, MAP is the best substitute. Regards, Nir Dagan, Ph.D. http://www.nirdagan.com mailto:nir@nirdagan.com "There is nothing quite so practical as a good theory." -- A. Einstein
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