display:none has been discourages early on in the whole image replacement discussion, as it completely hides the element from screen readers.
Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Lorenzo Gabba @ Quirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 September 2004 14:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] Does "display:none" work on img replacements? > > > | CSS | > > h1 > { > background: url(widget-image.gif) no-repeat; > } > > h1 span > { > display: none; > } > > | HTML | > > <h1><span>Buy widgets</span></h1> > > | Question | > > Is this an acceptable alternative to #5 on: > http://www.evolt.org/article/Ten_CSS_tricks_you_may_not_know/1 7/60369/index.html ... or will search engines ignore the contents of the span tag? ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
