On 4 Jan 2006, at 3:26 pm, old9 wrote:

> As we might already know, it's a common trick to use CSS background on
> links:
>
> [...]
> But things are different in my newly installed Firefox 1.5, which  
> starts to
> support part of the outline CSS declaration. When the link is  
> clicked, the
> dotted outline seems to extend to wrap the indent text.
> For those who have Fx 1.5 installed, you might refer to Zeldman's  
> website
> for a live demo :)
> http://www.zeldman.com/
> click the nav image links on the top and you'll get what I mean.
>
> As soon as I found this feature(bug?) in Fx 1.5, I changed all my  
> old CSS to
> hide the outline using:
> a:focus{outline:0;}
> But I don't think it's a good way, so there might be a better  
> alternate
> solution?

This has recently been discussed on this list
<http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/68253>
and previous message linked from there.

Hiding the focus ring is a problem for accessibility reasons: it  
gives keyboard users some feedback.
You can hide, but make sure provide alternate feedback for those users.

Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
<http://emps.l-c-n.com/>


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