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Podcast #45: Accessible popup windows

Monday, April 02, 2007

Dennis discuss the accessible popup window. What methods should be used--target attribute, JavaScript, a combination? Also, what methods to alert the user (title, icon, text) that a link is a pop-up.

Download Web Axe Episode 45 (Accessible popup window)

Code review:

• Very bad:
  <a href="javascript:openPopupWindow('page.htm');">hypertext</a>


• Deprecated:
  <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/page.htm" target="_blank">hypertext</a>


• Better:
  <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/page.htm" target="myNewWin" onclick="link_popup(this); return false">hypertext</a>


• Best:
  <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/page.htm" rel="external">hypertext</a>
  

WCAG 1.0 Guideline 10.1

10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the user. [Priority 2]

Related Links

• Accessible PopUp Links from A List Apart
  
• The Perfect Popup from Accessites
  
• window.open from Mozilla Development Center
  

Labels: accessibility, accessible, podcast, popups, window

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