RE: Plone calendar issue

> The forward/backward arrows in the calendar are html character
> entities that cause accessibility errors "when read out of context by
> screen readers" so I'm replacing them with gifs.
> 
> The question is what changes should be made to the table header code
> below besides adding <img src="arrowlefticon.gif" alt="" title='''> in
> place of &raquo; ?
> 
> <th id="calendar-next">
> <a href="#" tal:attributes="href
> python:'%s/%s?month:int=%d&amp;year:int=%d' % (anchor_url,
> anchor_method, nextMonthTime.month(),nextMonthTime.year())"
> title="next month">&raquo;</a>
> </th>

I don't use a screen reader so I can't say for sure, but one thing about these automatic machine-tests... take them with a grain of salt (apologize for the American expression).  Passing the Bobby or Cynthia Says test is nice but it doesn't replace a live human for usability testing.

To this particular case, I think screen readers can pickup the title attribute in the link tag.  If this is true, wouldn't this make the calendar's previous month and next month function clear to the visually-imparied?  Therefore, there's no need to replace the character entity with an image.  One less customization you have to do, perhaps.  :)








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