- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:11:26 +0000 (GMT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
>
> The pop-up is invoked by code like:
> <A href="JavaScript:Help('foobar.htm')">definition of FooBar</A>
This one is easy; unfortunately people normally copy other people's
bad code. It should be:
> <A href="foobar.htm" onclick="Help('foobar.htm'); return false">definition of FooBar</A>
The return false prevents the href being actioned in the original frame,
when the script is run.
I believe this works on all browsers that would have run the original.
The correct approach to this was: how do I augment and accessible
version with a (javascript) control-less popup window.
Note that one reason why target attributes are deprecated is that popups
are considered a bad thing for usability (they represent too much
power for the content provider compared with the user).
Received on Tuesday, 7 November 2000 18:28:36 UTC