RE: layers

> From:	Helle Bjarnø [SMTP:hbj@visinfo.dk]
> 
> Can any one guide me to WCAG on layers. I've been asked if it's OK to use
> layers in stead of  mouse over or some other technique to show a text when
> one passes a link  with the mouse. Next question: an accessible
> alternative
> to drop down menus or how to make them accessible to JAWS 3.3 users?
	[DJW:]  
	Layers are Netscape proprietory HTML, not W3C HTML.

	Layer animation would require Javascript, and therefore be subject
	to the priority 1 rule that the page work without
	Javascript.

	The nearest standard equivalent of layers is a position absolute
	style, which is subject to a priority 1 rule that the page work
	without styles.  Netscape maps a subset of this into layers, and
	uses its layers DOM, rather than the one implied by the 
	CSS HTML.

	Drop down menus also are subject to the priority 1 rule about
	scripting.

Received on Tuesday, 18 July 2000 11:05:35 UTC