As a follow-up to my original email, the following methods have been
very well designed from the accessibility point of view:
http://juicystudio.com/article/ecmascriptmenu.php
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200705/accessible_expanding_and_c
o
llapsing_menu/
A further example
Hi Mathew,
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dropdown_menu/EK.asp
I have a bug report... tested against FF 3.6.4 and IE6 (no bug under
Chrome 5.0.376)
Steps to reproduce:
- click on background
- tab to focus first menu item
- hit enter to display sub-items
- tab through to
instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS
Expandable Menu)
Hi Mike,
Sorry to say this but the keyboard friendly version:
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dropdown_menu/EK.asp
Only fires, via keyboard, on Articles E-K in IEv8 or Firefox.
This is by design. Keyboard users
On 29 Jun 2010, at 00:30, grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au wrote:
I'm trying to avoid use of Javascript due to accessibility concerns.
Trying to shoehorn functionality (which is what JS was designed for) into CSS
(which is designed for presentation, not logic) is not good for
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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Dorward
Sent: 29 June 2010 07:15
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS
Expandable Menu
Thank you to everyone who replied to my email.
Kind regards,
Grant Bailey
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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org]
On Behalf Of Ted Drake
Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:07 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] CSS Expandable
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS
Expandable Menu)
On 29 Jun 2010, at 11:04, de...@littlegent.com wrote:
I'd recommend using one from http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/
The trick is deciding which one to use, really. =)
Having
I used to use cssplay menus 6+ years ago but they're not the friendliest or
most compliant to work with.
I really like superfish - i've been using that for a few years with no problems
at all. and I find it very easy to customise.
http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/
I
Try this for CSS menus with keyboard support:
http://carroll.org.uk/sandbox/suckerfish/bones2.html
This menu may be accessible, but is it usable?
Unless I am missing something, keyboard users need to go through *every
single link* in the menu to reach the last item :-(
I have these two:
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Sent: 29 June 2010 16:22
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS
Expandable Menu)
Try this for CSS menus with keyboard support:
http://carroll.org.uk/sandbox/suckerfish/bones2.html
This menu
Hi Mike,
Sorry to say this but the keyboard friendly version:
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dropdown_menu/EK.asp
Only fires, via keyboard, on Articles E-K in IEv8 or Firefox.
This is by design. Keyboard users could not reach these pages if they were
not focusable at least
Sorry to say this but the keyboard friendly version:
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dropdown_menu/EK.asp
Only fires, via keyboard, on Articles E-K in IEv8 or Firefox.
This is by design. Keyboard users could not reach these pages if they were
not focusable at least from
Hi Grant,
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but this might help:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns
Unfortunately, this does require some javascript as IE doesn't support
a few CSS elements.
Cheers,
Jelina
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:30 AM,
Hi Grant,
Maybe this can help: http://free-css-menu.com/vertical-css-menu.html
SteF.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 7:30 PM, grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.auwrote:
Hello,
I would be grateful if someone could clarify whether there is such a thing
as a pure CSS expandable menu. The sort of
If you're talking about a tree-like menu, I've never come across a
purely CSS one. It strikes me that CSS alone doesn't have the vocabulary
to deal with something that requires an 'expanded' and 'collapsed' state.
If you're worried about accessibility, either
* expand it all by default,
Hi Grant,
It’s great you’re looking for an accessible menu solution, but I’d recommend
not throwing away javascript solutions in the process.
Yahoo has some great information on adding WAI-Aria roles and states to menu
buttons using javascript that you may be able to adapt for your purposes
Hi Grant,
You're meaning the sort of tree-menu arrangements that have a little plus
next to items with children, and clicking the plus makes the children appear
and push the other elements further down, right?
I don't believe what you're looking for is possible, as that sort of
hierarchical menu
Hi Grant,
I'm trying to avoid use of Javascript due to accessibility concerns.
There is no problem with using a javascript powered menu as long as that menu
is accessible with javascript off.
As a side note, pure CSS menus usually come with usability issues.
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Regards,
Thierry
: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu
Hi Grant,
I'm trying to avoid use of Javascript due to accessibility concerns.
There is no problem with using a javascript powered menu as long as that menu
is accessible with javascript off.
As a side note, pure CSS menus usually come with usability issues.
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Regards
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