Re: [flexcoders] wmode=transparent and accessibility does it work?

Thanks for the info Matt, much appreciated! Cheers, Greg On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Matt May matt...@adobe.com wrote: It does not work. Without getting into too much detail, transparent Flash objects can’t expose accessibility data because they’re embedded in the HTML document

[flexcoders] wmode=transparent and accessibility does it work?

Hi Folks, I have been reading many posts on issues with screen readers(JAWS) when using the wmode=transparent|opaque, basically they state accessibility does not work with transparent or opaque flash applications. The posts are all over a year old and I am unable to find an adobe bug on it... as

Re: [flexcoders] wmode=transparent and accessibility does it work?

It does not work. Without getting into too much detail, transparent Flash objects can't expose accessibility data because they're embedded in the HTML document differently, and they can't express the MSAA data needed. The same is true for wmode=opaque, by the way. The only supported way is