Hi Colin, Whilst I'm certainly no expert, I do have some questions for you:
- Why does every <a> element in your menu source code have tabindex="10"? - What do you mean by "In javascript onfocus and onblur works only in firefox". Do you mean applying the behaviour via the DOM doesn't work in IE (using your code), or that IE is not recognising the onfocus and onblur events? - Also when I disabled JavaScript in IE, the styling on the menu wasn't applied and it was a left as a standard un-ordered list which wasn't real pretty. What is the reason for applying the styles in IE using JavaScript or have I missed something? - In terms of your approach to making a horizontal nested menu accessible, what are the perceived benefits for users with disabilities using a nested menu system like this? Would someone using a mouth stick or a screen reader appreciate having all the nested links available either way, styled or un-styled? Whilst the menu items are accessible, is it equally user friendly? For example, what if one of the above users went to page menu 2, then from that page wanted to go to link item menu 5. Would they have to go through every single link in the menu before getting to menu 5? Sorry I don't have any answers for you but I thought asking those questions may help me understand where you're coming from in your design and implementation. Hopefully the questions asked are useful ones :) Best Regards, Ryan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Meerveld Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 9:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG] Help with accessible horizontal menu Hi I' am building an accessible horizontal menu. I have some problems with tabbing the menu. I tested the menu in IE 6.0, Firefox 1.05 and opera 8.0. IE and Opera doesn't support it at all and firefox only with javascript. It does navigate to the menu but the menu doesn't expand. It looks like CSS focus works different when you use the tab. In javascript onfocus and onblur works only in firefox. I like to have some feedback tested the menu with other browsers and perhaps some tips and tricks to solve this. Other things I also have to solve are: Work in IE without Javascript Submenu's (now only work in Firefox and IE but don't expand menu by tabbing) IE comment hack without <comment></comment> probable solved when IE works without JS You can find the menu here: http://www.sportfotografen.nl/accessibility/projects/semantic/menu.html Kind regards, Colin Meerveld ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** __________ NOD32 1.1229 (20050921) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. http://www.nod32.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 ******************************************************
