i hear display:none is bad for accessibility (screen readers, e.g.) but i have no idea if visibility is any better. anyone know?
On 10/03/2008, Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jeff Gates wrote: > > I know that one difference between display:none and visibility:hidden is > > that the former does not leave space in the layout where the code exists > > on the page, while the latter does. Are there other differences? > > > > Using visibility:hidden I have hidden a whole string of links I need on > > the page to use Lightbox 2's slideshow feature. It works as it should. > > But there is "white space" in the layout where the long list of links > > appears in the code. If I use display:none instead, will Lightbox still > > see this string of links? I'd like to eliminate the white space in the > > layout. > > > > In other words, is the only difference between the display and > visibility > > properties that one leaves space in layout and the other doesn't? > > > > Thanks, Jeff > > > > I remember having read somewhere that the W3C /recommended/ browser > vendors /not to download the content styled with display:none/. > Unfortunately, I haven't found any reference to this, so I could be just > plain wrong. > > Now, assuming I did read it right and it was even in the W3C > recommendation (which doesn't seem to be the case), real-world sites > won't allow browser vendors to implement this behavior because many of > us rely on display:none being invisible /and/ without any box in the > layout, so just for the sake of practical use alone I don't think > they'll ever do it ---but that again, that's assuming the first > paragraph is right :) > > Conclusion: yes, since those elements do exist in the DOM Lightbox > can access them, now whether it moves them, clone them, remove them, > etc. depends solely on the Lightbox implementation (i.e. I have no clue). > > I hope this helps. > > Rafael. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- Vincent Pollard http://www.ithinkx.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
