On Friday, June 28, 2002, at 12:29 , Harrison, George (FSH) wrote:

> There is no accessibility problem with layers themselves. But
> most of the
> work I have seen using layers uses pixels to specify layer
> dimensions, which
> is an accessibility issue, and will cause pages to fail WAI Priority 2
> validation.
>
> I would love to know how to code a drop down menu without using
> tables/pixel
> specification:)

George,

Why is it that specifying layer dimensions [ {width, height, top,
left, right} ] in px would fail the WAI ? This doesn't affect the
text (contents) itself, which is the main accessibility issue I
think.

But you can work with layers (aka absolute positioned div's)
whose dimensions are specified in relative units (ems seems to be
the best option here). Pixel perfect (pun pun !) display across
browsers might be a problem, of course. And tables are not needed
to create a drop down menu. See if I can make a quick demo later
today.

Have Fun,

Philippe

(Sorry, bad English, this morning)


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