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nick6489
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Hi. I am a screen reader user, and I find TYPOlight quite accessible. I do have a question, however. In certain places, when one clicks the "Skip navigation" link, they are sent down to something that, to us screen reader users, actually says..."Skip navigation". I get the distinct impression this is supposed to be invisible, but it isn't. I believe you can have an ancor with no text what so ever, just a name, so that's how that would be fixed. is there a way i can modify this myself?
19/06/2009 00:11
ga.n
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Hi,

the code you are talking about is located in system/modules/frontend/templates/mod_navigation.tpl

I am not sure I have understood what you mean. Do you want to replace the anchor text with an empty string?

Can you point out a screen reader for firefox or opera?
19/06/2009 06:56
spirelli
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I've noticed that yesterday. It also becomes visible when turning off the styles, and is illogical to anyone who reads it.

Something like

iconCode:
<a id="skipNavigation2" class="invisible">Skip navigation</a>

should be changed to become

iconCode:
<a id="skipNavigation2"></a>

in the next release.

Not sure where to remove this -- i didn't see it in the nav_ template I'm using...
Last edited by spirelli, 19/06/2009 11:49
19/06/2009 11:39
qrczak
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iconspirelli:
Not sure where to remove this -- i didn't see it in the nav_ template I'm using...

You can remove it here: /system/modules/frontend/templates/mod_navigation.tpl - however it's not recommended.
Last edited by qrczak, 19/06/2009 14:13
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19/06/2009 14:13