tee wrote: > I presume <br /> is part of the standards since it passes HTML 4.01 Strict & > XHTML 1.0 strict validation but does it accessible friendly? > > Coming from the print design background it always disturb me to see the > first word of the new sentence lonely let behind with the previous sentence. > Knowing how browsers render differently I kind of gotten over with my > obsession most the time but once in a while client's demand pulls me back to > the old shell. > > So is <br /> friendly to accessibility? > > Thanks! > > Tee
It wouldn't be an issue for screen readers or things like google, and I doubt it would be a problem with most text-browsers. The biggest issue would be if people resize the screen. Then you might end up with the last word of a sentance left on it's own line. I think the best rule of thumb is to ask you self if the line-break is semantically relevant. There's really no way to know if the line-break is going to be were you think it is, so avoid using if for styling. Alan Trick. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
