Re: display:none and visibility:hidden

• From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
• Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:12:59 +0100 (BST)
• To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
• Message-Id: <200310222012.h9MKCx003273@djwhome.demon.co.uk>

> Some have said that because the "visibility:hidden" property only applies
> to the "VISUAL" device type [see CSS spec], that screen readers, such as

That's true for CSS 2.0 and aural browsers.  Current assistive
technology using speach output seems to be basically a bolt-on to
a visual browser.

For CSS 2.1, aural style sheets are being relegated to a non-normative
appendix, presumably due to the lack of implementations.

Received on Wednesday, 22 October 2003 16:23:01 UTC