Hi Patrick I think Michael is right, sometimes in life you have to do stuff that isn't perfect.
In my example I had a TITLE attribute in the A link saying that it would open a new window - someone with a screen reader would hear that the link would open a new window, if they have disabled JavaScript then it wouldn't open a new window but just go straight to the URL anyway. Many clients have been told time after time that "for external links you should always open a new window" this is going to be a problem for quite a while, until we can convince people this is not necessary, I believe that this or Justin's way of dealing with external links is a practical solution to a very real client problem. Cheers Jeff Lowder Accessibility 1st Website: www.accessibility1st.com.au Blog: www.accessibility1st.com.au/journal/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Griffiths Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2004 7:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] target="_blank" substitute > This is both an accessible and valid method: Valid yes, but accessible? I click on a link. I look at the page. I try to click on the back button. "What? Why doesn't this work? Oh. Because it's opened in a new window". Close window. Return to the site (and page) I want to be on. This whole malarkey makes the site less accessible for me, let alone for a person who can't actually see what's going on. > <a href="foo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" > onkeypress="window.open(this.href);return false;" title="opens in new > window">new window</a> If you are going to use JavaScript though, this will do: <a href="foo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" title="opens in new window">new window</a> onclick is invoked by keyboard action too. ---------------- Patrick Griffiths (PTG) http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/ http://www.htmldog.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
