[Accessibility_sig] JavaScript Checkbox Help Needed

[Bill.Woodland at tbpc.state.tx.us]

This is where I began learning ASP back in 1999:

http://www.learnasp.com/freebook/asp/

Another great resource that I still go back to frequently (because you 
just can't remember EVERYTHING) is here:

http://www.devguru.com/

They have quick references to ado, asp, css2, html, javascript, and a lot 
more.  And of course there's also w3schools.com, but I think devguru is 
more comprehensive on asp and vbscript.

If you really meant VB, not vbscript, then try this:

http://members.tripod.com/~Hannibal_Blount/VBOnline.html



Bill Woodland, Programmer V, Texas Building and Procurement Commission 
(Agency 303)
Phone: 512-936-2901  Fax: 512-236-6166  Email: 
Bill.Woodland at tbpc.state.tx.us


accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org wrote on 02/26/2007 10:18:10 AM:

> Thank you.  That does eleminate one message that users will have to 
click
> off.  Our curriculum developers are not computer developers.  They use
> Authorware for their products.  I take their products and try to get as
> close as I can using html mostly (with a little JavaScript thrown in for 
the
> assesments at the end).  Persons with limited vision tested my program
> before I submitted it for DARS approval (which it received).  They had 
no
> problem with the input box for validation.  This was not a problem until 
it
> was discovered that sighted non-employees will be using my programs 
because
> they can't get access to the programs in the agency learning management
> system and most don't have the Authorware Player. 
> 
> Our curriculum designers are concerned that the sighted non-employees 
will
> have a problem with the validation box and with having to click it off
> twice. 
> 
> The coding sample you sent will make them a little happier.
> 
> Now, if you could just find an Active Server Pages (and VisualBasic) 
class
> that I can take locally . . . .
> 
> 
> 
> Nodé McMillen, Ph.D.
> Distance Learning Technician
> Competency Training and Development
> Facility Support Services
> Health and Human Services Commission
> Telephone: 512-206-4527
> Fax: 512-206-5986
> E-mail: node.mcmillen at hhsc.state.tx.us
> Mail Code: 2059
> http://www2.hhsc.state.tx.us/655/supportsvcs/CTD/CTD_default.shtm 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org
> [mailto:accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org] On Behalf Of James 
Craig
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:58 PM
> To: Discussion list for web and software accessibility issues
> Subject: Re: [Accessibility_sig] JavaScript Checkbox Help Needed
> 
> McMillen, Node wrote:
> 
> > I added an alert to the checkbox that tells the user to uncheck the 
> > box and "select an answer from a, b, c or d listed below."  However, 
> > if the person does uncheck the box, they get the alert again and have 
> > to click OK again.  Our designers/developers believe this will be 
> > disconcerting for the users.  Does anyone know a fix for this problem, 

> > a self close for the alert box, . . . ?
> 
> You have developers that don't know how to fix this? I'd suggest hiring
> someone that knows JavaScript.
> 
> By your description I assume you've added something like this:
> 
>   onclick="alert('uncheck me')"
> 
> If thatt's the case, you can switch it to do what you want by changing 
it
> to:
> 
>   onclick="if (this.checked) alert('uncheck me')"
> 
> However, your accessibility problem comes not from the alerts but from 
the
> fact that you're using checkboxes for validation. I can't say for sure 
since
> I haven't seen it, but you may want to reconsider the user experience 
aspect
> of your web app.
> 
> James
> 
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