On 23 Jan 2008, at 17:29, Christian Snodgrass wrote: [quote] Although, in your specific case, I would go with what Dave Woods said. If you really want those image check boxes, use normal check boxes, and then use Javascript to swap those out for your image ones. With that solution, if they don't have Javascript, normal check boxes appear (which are easy for screen readers and the like), and if you do have Javascript, you get your cute image check boxes. And, I'd say use normal images for those as well and use alt text like "checked, unchecked, disabled", however, that wouldn't work well with a screen reader. [/quote]
Even the JS approach would potentially be an issue for screen reader users. When a screen reader is used for filling in a form, it switches from its usual reading mode into "forms mode", which allows the user to interact with the form. If, however, your JavaScript has removed the form elements, there is then nothing to interact with - it can't tell that the images are supposed to be like the clicky widgets it understands. So you would definitely need to look into using some kind of offscreen positioning technique, rather than just replacing the checkboxes with images, so that users of such assistive technologies would be able to use the page. HTH, Nick. -- Nick Fitzsimons http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
