--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Lisa Frost <birdiefr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Bobby and Philippe, > Both ways work perfectly in the way that i was wishing for. > I tried both to > learn something. Now i just need to decide which one! I > suppose it boils > down to personal preference. I would automatically only > expect the text to > show the its a link symbol rather than the whole > highlighted background. Is > it better accessibility wise to make the whole area > clickable or for a menu > does it not matter.
Increasing the footprint of a link can certainly improve accessibility/usability. Small text links can be difficult to click. Certain motor disabilities can exasperate this. Different devices such as touch-screen phones with a small display can also make low-footprint links awkward. It's important that you clearly indicate when a link is focussed; clicking whitespace on a page, only to end up at an advertising site is frustrating. Your method of changing the background colour is an excellent way of conveying this. Overall, this method of displaying links within a menu is very common. Try checking out a few important sites and seeing how they do this; I'm willing to bet more often than not they'll use 'large footprint' links in their navigation. Regards, - Bobby ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
