Web Accessibility:Scripting

Web & Databases

• Personal www4 websites
• Engr People websites
• Research Websites
• Infrastructure
• Requests
• Databases
• Site Statistics
• WebTest Sites
• Student Organizations
• Web Accessibility
  • Layout and Structure
  • Presentation and Styles
  • Navigation
  • Forms
  • Scripting
  • Electronic Documents
  • Non-Textual Content
  • Validation Tools

• Avoid DHTML menus, if used provide a method to switch to alternative menu formats
• Use device-independent event triggers like "onFocus", "onBlur" and "onSelect" rather than user interaction-level triggers like "onmousedown" or "onclick"
• Provide controls to pause, stop or restart timed event
• Provide alternative content using <NOSCRIPT> tag for when scripting is turned off

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Resources

[1] IBM Web Accessibility Scripts

[2] WEBAIM- Accessibile JavaScripts

[3] Online Tools- Unobtrusive JavaScripting

[4] Brothercake- Accessible DHTML Menus

[5] Quirksmode-JavaScript Tutorial