accessibility

How to give option to add css classes/IDs to content to in CMS's WYSIWYG content builder/editor to non-technical client?

How to give option to add css classes/IDs to content to in CMS's content WYSIWYG builder/editor to non- technical client who doesn't know html, css but knows MS Word. some time to make content according to design XHTML tags not enough. use of css classes needed. Should we give only css .classes to user or #Id can be given also? and ...

is it necessary to have <th> in any table?

is it necessary to have <th> in any table? even if table has no heading? table has 3 other tag <thead> <tbody> <tfoot> is it necessary to use all even if i have nothing for table footer. Firefox by default add all these in code. and is it necessary , <th> always should be in a <thead> and if i have a heading in content received from c...

Instead of giving "back to top" button is it good to make layout with fixed header hand footer?

Instead of giving "back to top" button is it good to make layout with fixed header and footer for better usability? or this type of layout can be problem for screen reader? Like this http://limpid.nl/lab/css/fixed/header-and-footer ...

is it ok to use and repeate same text in alt=“…” and Title“…” for <img> which is not a link, screen reader users?

<img src=”young-girl-in-red-gown.jpg” alt=”young girl in red gown” title=”Young girl in red gown”/> Is my above example a good example? Should it be always like this? In above example i used image file name, alt text and title almost same. although it's just a image not image inside <a> Is it ok to use same text as Al...

Multiple Forms With Input Fields With The Same Name Attribute? Good Or Bad?

Is it an acceptable practice to have multiple HTML forms on a page with input fields that share the same name attribute? For example, the page contains a listing of all players and users are allowed to vote for the best player so next to each player card there is this form: <form class="vote-for-player" enctype="application/x-www-form-u...

How do I receive notification of a new window opening?

I want to respond to a certain type of new window being opened by an external application. I have some experience finding applications and windows currently open (system wide) using some of the carbon functionality, so could theoretically just check every few seconds. This would require getting a list of all open windows and checking i...

Displaying a pound sign in Lynx browser?

Is there anyway to have a pound sign display correctly using Lynx text only browser? using ampersand-pound-semicolon it just shows a u with an accent on top. using £, nothing displays. Thanks. ...

How to make server side form validation compatible with screen reader

if screen reader fill any content wrong then how to give info (if javascript is disabled) to user to go that field any fill the correct value. with jvascript we can show javascript alert but if js is disabled then? I need solution for asp.net 20 and PHP both. ...

Which screen reader would be best to test site accessibility and how to configure that?

Which screen reader would be best to test site accessibility and how to configure that screen reader to test website (or default screen-reader setting would be ok) and which browser should be used to test accessibility with screen-readers? Free or commercial it doesn't matter . Which can give best testing then site should be accessible ...

Which web-safe fonts are more readable to eyes as a body text? Which web-safe fonts should not be used?

Which web-safe fonts are more readable to eyes as a body text? Which web-safe fonts should not be used? What should be the minimum font size of <p>body text</p> for better readability? What font size should we use for <H1/2/3/4/5/6>, <p> <ul>, <ol>? Should we use same font-size for <p>, <ul>, <ol> and <th> <td>? What would be the bala...

Is it good for accessibility and usability if we only use web-safe fonts in website design?

Should we use default web safe fonts as much as possible, should try to make good design with web safe fonts only? Show we avoid fancy fonts in design which would be only possible with any image replacement techniques, sIFR, @Font-face, Typeface etc. for better site maintenance, accessibility, usability ...

Accessibility for Silverlight Combobox Items

In my Silverlight page I have a combobox. In the code-behind I'm filling the combobox items like so: this.ProblemList.Items.Add(Strings.Review_SelectProblem); this.ProblemList.Items.Add(Strings.Review_IncorrectCharacters); this.ProblemList.Items.Add(Strings.Review_MissingText); ... this.ProblemList.SelectedIndex = 0; //Set the default ...

A VB Class File is not accessible ... Friend thing ...

a funny problem ... i can't understand it.. let me show you what i have first : 'D:\ReportsOfficesSystem\ReportsOfficesBLL\BaseController.vb' ^ ^ ^ solution project a vb class file and 'D:\ReportsOfficesSystem\ReportsOfficesDAL\ReportsOfficesEntities.vb' ...

Is there a risk to having SqlConnection object as a property for a single executable?

I've got the design habit to have a SqlConnection object populated by a child form, showing the child form, establishing the SqlConnection object and having the populated object passed back to the parent form where execution continues. .NET 2.0 and up 0 as follows: Parent form: public SqlConnection sqlcon; //should be property but mad...

Unique controls identification

Hello, Is there any way to uniquely identify controls using Accessibility? Once control is identified - I should be able to get its current position on screen (rectangle). Tried to do this with IAccIdentity, but don't know what to do with that string of bytes which it returns - is there any way I can extract necessary information from i...

Is there an android application (or method) which can increase the display size for all other apps?

Looking to see if there's an existing method or application to increase display size for all applications for people with bad vision. Thanks! ...

Should I provide these things by default or only on client request

Should I provide these things by default or only on client request (if they are paying for these) Try to implement graceful degradation on JavaScript Print css Handheld CSS Form validation Combine all CSS and JS into one if possible and minified them XML Site-map Skip to main content link Fluid layout make Abbr ,Acronym if possible Tab...

How to make single-multilevel convertible, keyborad accessible, non-javascript dependent (except IE), CSS sprite dropdown navigation?

I've to write css for a simple/ horizontal menu for a CMS and i've to write css as if client will add subpages to main page and subpages of of subpages I mean right now it's simple navigation no dropdown but in future it can single level dropdown or multilevel dropdown and if navigation will have dropdown then dropdown links should be ...

Sharepoint SPFile - Get File Type

Hi, I am using SPFile to display a list of files and I want to display the type of file, as a string, so PDF, Word, Excel etc. Looks like: FileABC PDF FileDEF Excel I have got the icon back using "ListItem.File.IconUrl", ListItem is SPListItem But I would like to get the f...

Is website accessibility mandated in some countries? What are the consequences of not being accessible?

Is it mandatory in some countries to make all websites accessible? If so, what would happen if someone in country with this mandate does not make a website accessible? Can the government remove or block the IP if the site is not accessible? How could the government know if any website is not accessible? Do they check every single websit...