alt131
msg:4214242 | 11:10 am on Oct 9, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Hi smallcompany,
Is there a reason you can't use: <h3 name="general">General</h3>
Or better, as name has been deprecated in favour of id: <h3 id="general">General</h3>
If you must support name, then a lot of coders use: <h3 name="general" id="general">General</h3>
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encyclo
msg:4214265 | 12:30 pm on Oct 9, 2010 (gmt 0) |
There is no reason to use the name attribute these days, so the use of id is the way to go:
<h3 id="general">General</h3>
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alt131
msg:4214514 | 11:02 pm on Oct 9, 2010 (gmt 0) |
@smallcompany.
There are good explanations for the reasons you see those code snippets at sitepoint:
id = [reference.sitepoint.com ]
and href=[reference.sitepoint.com ].
That said, if you have no reason to support name, I'm with encyclo on just using an id on your header - it's valid and works.
However, that still leaves the usability problem with user agents that will not change focus. Rather than loading up the code with dummy links as in the examples you've referred to (and the ones at sitepoint), I'd suggest using tabindex - it is designed to address this exact issue.
@encyclo Thanks for causing me re-think my initial post
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rocknbil
msg:4214559 | 12:33 am on Oct 10, 2010 (gmt 0) |
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Honorabel mention on fragment identifiers [webmasterworld.com]
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smallcompany
msg:4215837 | 7:37 pm on Oct 12, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Thanks.
I wonder why Dreamweaver CS3 does not recognize the ecyclo's suggested way. I see a sole ID right in H tag (or any tag) works fine when I test it in FF or IE8. Yet, not seeing it in design view while developing may pose a problem if the site is more then simple and with lot of pages.
tabindex unfortunately does not work with the mouse.
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phranque
msg:4216118 | 10:52 am on Oct 13, 2010 (gmt 0) |
more on the subject from p1r...
Fragment Identifiers aka Named Anchors:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/accessibility_usability/3996219.htm [webmasterworld.com]
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rocknbil
msg:4216291 | 4:12 pm on Oct 13, 2010 (gmt 0) |
THAT's the one I was looking for.:-)
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