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[WSG] Accessibility - display: none v.s. left: -9999px

Blake
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:25:27 -0800

Which is more accessible to screen readers and the like?

display: none;

or

position: absolute;
left: -9999px;

I think I've read that screen readers will read content that is
positioned off-screen, but will not read content that is set to
display: none.

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