Re: SVG Accessibility

Hi, James–

On 8/15/13 5:35 PM, James Craig wrote:
>
> On Aug 15, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> On 8/15/13 1:07 PM, John Foliot wrote:
>>> James Craig wrote:
>>>>>>>> 3. @longdesc is inappropriate for SVG graphics. Make
>>>>>>>> the SVG DOM
>>>> accessible instead.
>>
>> This may be a misleading statement. We have to look at different
>> scenarios to assess its truth value.
>>
>> If an SVG is referenced from an <img> element […] its DOM is not
>> available,
>
> That's not true. Rendering engines load the DOM in order to display
> it, so rendering engines can (and WebKit does) make that DOM
> accessible whether it's inline SVG or referenced from an IMG
> element.

Interesting. I knew the DOM was there internally, but how is the DOM 
exposed to users? Can you get to it through script?

Regards-
-Doug

Received on Friday, 16 August 2013 13:51:58 UTC