- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 08:38:10 -0400
- To: jonathan chetwynd <jc@signbrowser.org.uk>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Try making the whole page one image map with a default as well as area-bound actions. Or, if you are willing to script it, putting an onClick action on the BODY element. Al At 07:49 AM 2000-10-14 -0400, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >It may be that it can only be done using javascript (if at all). The a >element must be inside another element. One of the difficulties in changing >this is that there is no way to put links inside links, because it is not >clear which one should be activated. > >You can also make large active areas using imagemaps. > >Another alternative would be to use SVG - there are free plugins or browsers >avaialble, and you should be able to do something more like what you want. > >cheers > >Charles > > > >On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, jonathan chetwynd wrote: > > Is there a way to ensure that wherever the user clicks (within the > browser window) an event occurs? > This could be a blank page, a table... > I cannot seem to, though I realise that in theory a number of > transparent graphics could work. > > Some of my clients would benefit from this facility in the first > instance. > > > -- > > > jonathan chetwynd > jc@signbrowser.org.uk > IT teacher (learning difficulties) > & accessibility consultant > > >-- >Charles McCathieNevile <mailto:charles@w3.org>mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 >W3C Web Accessibility Initiative <http://www.w3.org/WAI>http://www.w3.org/WAI >Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia >September - November 2000: >W3C INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France >
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