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Accessibility & Using Layers
Hi
I have stopped using layers to make content accessible to colleagues using Jaws. (I use slides and branching). Could you advise best practice around layers and using Jaws?
It seems to be di...
Hi Melvin,
Thanks so much for reaching out! I went ahead and created a sample based on what you were looking to achieve. Please let me know if I misunderstood your description in your reply.
Here is how I achieved this in my Storyline 360 project file:
- First, I added four checkboxes and four layers with a button on each layer.
- Then, I added in this trigger with a conditional element that the checkbox had to be visited in order to navigate to the corresponding layer:
Show layer when user clicks on Checkbox 1
- For each layer, I inserted this trigger so that the learner would navigate back to that base slide:
Hide layer when user clicks on Checkbox 1
- I opened up the Focus Order and created a custom focus order. I made sure to group the checkboxes, layers, and buttons for each section together so that the learner would be able to navigate in the correct order:
- I went ahead and published to Review 360 so that I could check the screen reader ( I used NVDA). Here is a quick Peek of what I experienced.
I am attaching my .story to this post so you can take a closer look at how I built this.
I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
