Flash Site Design - navigation menu problem

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navigation menu problem

kevbasher

2007-11-03, 7:14 am

I've created my first nav menu using Flash - hooray!
The nav menu items are invisible buttons with movies beneath them.

It all works fine in terms of navigating the site.

However, I would like to make it accessible (i.e. have shortcut / access key
assignments, and tabindex).
I filled out the appropriate fields in the accessibility panel, and the
shortcuts & tabbing don't work, either in IE7 or Firefox 2.

I did a bit of research on google, and what I read suggested that certain
components (invisible buttons included) cannot be made accessible.

Is that correct?

btw, I'm using Flash MX Pro.

kevbasher

2007-11-05, 6:18 pm

Anyone got any ideas?

GAMBRKER

2007-11-05, 6:18 pm

This may or may not help you, but I recently updated an html website with flash
navigation. You can actually tab through the page, including the flash pieces.
Test it yourself at www.gnoiec.com. I am using IE 7.

Mind you that I dont know why or how it is doing this.

kevbasher

2007-11-05, 6:18 pm

Hi...

I tried tabbing through your site in Firefox 2. Only the text links at the top
& bottom of the page worked via tabbing, NOT the Flash menu.

Which is exactly what's happening on my site.

What version of Flash did you use?
Did you add accessibility to the navigation buttons?
If so, is it just the buttons that are made accessible, or also the movies
that run underneath?

GAMBRKER

2007-11-05, 6:18 pm

I used Flash 8. I did not add any accessibility. It is only the buttons that
scroll. Nothing else in the movie.

The only thing I can say is the method which I used the actionscript. I call
for functions instead of adding the actionscript to each button.

Add an instance name to each button, then attach the following to the first
frame:

instancename.onRelease = function () {
getURL("anypath");
}

Hope this helps,
GAMBRKER

kevbasher

2007-11-06, 6:15 pm

Hi.

I don't understand your answer. Sorry. I'm not sure it applies to me.

In any case, I'm now getting help on another part of this forum, so thanks... I'll close this thread.