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Re: Hiding web content from view, but making it available to VoiceOver
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Re: Hiding web content from view, but making it available to VoiceOver


  • Subject: Re: Hiding web content from view, but making it available to VoiceOver
  • From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:56:48 +0000

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:30 AM, E.J. Zufelt <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am curious if the Apple community has a recommended best practice to
> visually hide web content, but to make that content available to
> screen-readers like VoiceOver?

I've yet to find a screenreader where the following rules cause a
problem, and they work for hiding the majority of elements:

position: absolute;
left: -999999px;

In some browsers, with some elements, you may find this fails to
properly hide content:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15845

In those cases, you may need to try something else.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
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