- From: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:34:05 -0400
- To: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Cc: Eric Eggert <ee@w3.org>, public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>, WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
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Personally, I think that long URLs should be exempt. As a sighted person I never read past the initial 30-40 characters ... I think we could "uncomfortably" put it in this exception. "Except for parts of the content which require two-dimensional layout for usage or meaning." Cheers, David MacDonald *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* Mobile: 613.806.9005 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> twitter.com/davidmacd GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> * Adapting the web to all users* * Including those with disabilities* If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote: > Eric > I updated the CSS to 'overflow-wrap'. > I added the information about IE/Edge based on testing and wanting to > provide good examples. I can't find any documentation about this issue. > I have tested the examples on two different machines with Windows 7 IE11, > and Windows 10 Edge. everything fails except > * {word-break: break-word;}, > I tried overflow-wrap in > a {...} > .wrapped {...} > a.wrapped {...} > li a {...} > li a.wrapped {...} > etc. > all fail > I can't make wrapping work in IE/Edge except with the * {word-wrap: > break-word;} declaration. If you can get overflow-wrap to work, or > word-wrap to work with anything other than * selector, please let me know. > > I will remove the IE/Edge info if that is necessary to get the technique > reviewed. > > Jim > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 12:58 AM Eric Eggert <ee@w3.org> wrote: > >> Note that the standards-based name of the CSS is overflow-wrap, word-wrap >> is the non-standard original Microsoft implementation. >> >> See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/overflow-wrap >> >> word-break on the other hand is a totally different thing (as seen in the >> examples of the URL above) >> >> The draft also says “Note: IE and Edge only support this declaration >> when used with the "*" selector.” – I would be interested in a source for >> that, I can’t find such information on MDN and am not aware of any case for >> other CSS properties where that is true. >> >> Thanks, >> Eric >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 14. Jul 2018, at 07:36, Schnabel, Stefan <stefan.schnabel@sap.com> >> wrote: >> >> I think there is a typo in the example css: >> >> - *word-break: break-word*: Allows words to be broken and wrapped >> between letters. >> >> .wrapped { >> word-wrap: break-word; >> } >> >> Regards >> Stefan >> >> Von meinem iPad gesendet >> >> Am 10.07.2018 um 18:05 schrieb Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>: >> >> Please review >> https://rawgit.com/allanj-uaag/wcag21/tech-reflow/tech-reflow-url.html >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator >> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired >> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+W.+45th+St.,+Austin,+Texas+78756&entry=gmail&source=g> >> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ >> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 >> >> > > -- > Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator > Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired > 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+W.+45th+St.,+Austin,+Texas+78756&entry=gmail&source=g> > voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ > "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 >
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