[Solved] Accessibility and the tabstrip

[Steve Brown]

I am doing a quick assessment of the MVC extensions tabstrip. Our site is for a government agency and so must be WCAG AA (i.e. double A) compliant.

I switched off javascript to check if the tab onClick functionality is handled and I can't really tell (I must be doing something wrong). 

My questions:

1. Does the MVC extensions tabstrip support a "no javascript" mode?
2. If so, do the link URLs generated for the tabs refer to customisable bookmark names on the page (I saw anchor names like "#TabStrip-1")

Thanks

Steve Brown

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Steve,

The TabStrip supports a no-JavaScript mode, if you introduce a query string parameter that specifies the currently selected tab. I'm attaching a sample application that demonstrates the approach.

Regards,
Alex Gyoshev
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[Steve Brown]

Thanks for the post and the code provided. It looked pretty simple and reasonable, but while trying to test it I got the null-object-reference exception listed here.

FYI I am running MVC2.0, VS2008 SP1

Is there anything I can do, or do I have to wait for the fix to this bug? If so how do I watch for the fix details (i.e. what will be the reference in the release notes?)

Thanks for the help

Steve Brown

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Steve Brown,

This problem will occur if you are using the OnDocumentReady method of the ScriptRegistrar inside a view output via Html.RenderAction. To our regret we cannot fix that problem. As a workaround I can suggest you use RenderPartial if possible.

If this is not the case - you receive that exception without using OnDocumentReady and RenderAction - please give us more details about your case.

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

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[Steve Brown]

Re-tested and all works without a problem as you suggested: with javascript on no postback, with javascript off postback to the tabstrip item's url.

Thanks for the quick and helpful support

Steve Brown