Dreamweaver CS4 Resources

Optimize the work space for accessible page design

When you create accessible pages, you need to associate information, such as labels and descriptions, with your page objects to make your content accessible to all users.

To do this, activate the Accessibility dialog box for each object, so that Dreamweaver prompts you for accessibility information when you insert objects. You can activate a dialog box for any of the objects in the Accessibility category in Preferences.

Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh).
Select Accessibility from the Category list on the left, select an object, set any of the following options, and click OK.
Show Attributes When Inserting

Select the objects for which you want to activate accessibility dialog boxes. For example, form objects, frames, media, and images.
Keep Focus In The Panel

Maintains focus on the panel, which makes it accessible to the screen reader. (If you don’t select this option, the focus remains in Design or Code view when a user opens a panel.)
Offscreen Rendering

Select this option when using a screen reader.
Note: Accessibility attributes appear in the Insert Table dialog box when you insert a new table.