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On 08/08/2007, Chris Kaminski <chris at setmajer.com> wrote:
> The downside to that is when keyboard-only users try to tab through
> the links they can't see where the focus went.

Good point :o

> It's generally best to leave the outline on, IME. You can typically
> hide elements easily enough by setting position: absolute and then
> very large negative values (e.g. -999em) for the top & left attributes.

Ditto.

> For hiding text, using a padding value equal to the set height of the
> element (the height/width will need to be set for IR anyway) and
> overflow: hidden works (or did last time I checked, I believe;
> haven't used IR in some time as I mostly prefer to use text for text
> and inline images where they're necessary but we've had that
> discussion before and I'm not keen to repeat it).

I wasn't aware of that method - thanks, Chris!

We just use IR for site logos and the odd "sign up now!" button.

Tim