Phil, it seems that there's something pretty wrong with the code, the relationship you're describing doesn't appear reasonable.
without more complete code snippets it's hard to advise further. regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet On 15 Jan 2008, at 18:59, ons.renderman wrote: Jonathan Sadly, yes. Removal of the xlink:title meant that the tabs no longer responded to their click event at all. Thanks for your continuing support. Phil --- In [email protected], "~:'' ã‚ã ‚ŠãŒã¨ã†ã"ã– ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã€‚" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Phil, > > title is currently under discussion, it's not really whether ONS has > an obligation to provide title content... perhaps for people who are > blind, etc... > it's not specified that the title content is specifically for > tooltips, that is merely an implementation. > > did you already try removing xlink:title="" > > regards > > Jonathan Chetwynd > Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet > > > > On 15 Jan 2008, at 16:14, ons.renderman wrote: > > Jonathan, > > Thanks for the prompt response. > > Unfortunately that is the content, an empty string. > > The <a> tag is needed so that I can set a pointer that becomes > visible when hovering over tabs and links on the page, we do not > want to have any popup text so have the title to that empty string. > > Regards > > --- In [email protected], "~:'' ã‚ã > ‚ŠãÂÅ'ã¨ã†ãÂ"ãÂâ €" > ã„ã¾ãÂâ€"ãŸã€⠀š" <j.chetwynd@> wrote: > > > > hi Phil, > > > > can you provide title content such as xlink:title="ONS homepage" ? > > this is an accessibility issue, not one that needs to be > supressed... > > xlink:href= has a totally different purpose... > > > > > > regards > > > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet > > > > > > > > On 15 Jan 2008, at 13:05, ons.renderman wrote: > > > > Good afternoon. > > > > The following SVG code is throwing a warning into the Opera Error > > Console and I would prefer not to put this code live without, at > the > > very least, asking you guys for advice. > > > > Code: <a xlink:title="" cursor="pointer"> > > > > Warning: Failed attribute on a element: title="" > > > > The <a> tag is being used to give the desired mouseover behaviour - > > cursor becoming a hand etc. Putting cursor="pointer" on the <g> tag > > works except on ASV when you need a dummy <a> tag around it. > > > > We need to use the xlink:title as the alternative value of > > xlink:href made the safari browser reload the page from scratch > > rather than actioning the onclick or mouseover requests. > > > > Can anyone suggest an alternative or a way of supressing the > > warning. > > > > Just to add another level of complexity, the SVG is created via an > > XSL that we would prefer to leave generic and not make browser > > checks. > > > > Kind Regards > > > > Phil > > > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
