Hi Matthew, Being the tech writer for a software dev division, when calling context-sensitive help from a web form is needed I use unobtrusive DOM/Javascript to either let a user open a popup within the app window (traditional method) or call the help from within (embedded) each form field. I have a new Fast Track tutorial in final draft demonstrating how to accomplish both methods titled "Calling Context-Sensitive Help with Unobtrusive DOM/JavaScript". These methods are not limited to web forms and can be applied in other ways if needed. If it would help you, please contact me off-list and I can email you (or anyone else interested) a small zipped package of the tutorial project folder containing the markup, content, .css, images and DOM/JavaScript.
Kind regards, Frank M. Palinkas Microsoft M.V.P. - Windows Help W3C HTML Working Group (H.T.M.L.W.G.) - Invited Expert M.C.P., M.C.T., M.C.S.E., M.C.D.B.A., A+ Senior Technical Communicator Web Standards & Accessibility Designer -------------------------------------------- website: http://frank.helpware.net email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- Member: Society for Technical Communications (S.T.C.) Guild of Accessible Web Designers (G.A.W.D.S.) Web Standards Group (W.S.G.) -------------------------------------------- Supergroup Trading Ltd. Sandhurst, Gauteng, South Africa website: http://www.supergroup.co.za -------------------------------------------- Work: +27 011 523 4931 Home: +27 011 455 5287 Fax: +27 011 455 3112 Mobile: +27 074 109 1908 -------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Ohlman Sent: Friday, 13 July, 2007 4:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG] To target or not Hello List, I was curious what others opinions were on this issue... Since W3C doesn't allow the target attribute in XHTML Strict, which do you think is better? Having the window opening up with JavaScript or just keeping the page in the same window like W3C wants. I assume the reason for not allowing the target attribute is for accessibility--because screen readers can not control pop-ups. Therefore it seems logical to me to keep it in the same window--even if it is an external site, etc. What does everyone think? Matthew -- Matthew Ohlman www.ohlman.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
