Ext.NET HTML compliant code (and accessibility)

[Tallmaris]

Hello all,

Sorry if the question has already been answered but could not find anything in the forum. I was wondering if the code generated by Ext.NET (in an MVC app as well) is in anyway compliant with any specific doctypes?

How does a normal page validate against W3C?

What I am concerned about is the accessibility of my site, screenreaders, aural browsers, browser zooming and the like.

Thanks again and sorry if the question seems a bit vague.

Regards,
L.

[Daniil]

Hi,

I was wondering if the code generated by Ext.NET (in an MVC app as well) is in anyway compliant with any specific doctypes?

Well, I know that some members faced with some complaint under IE.

But, unfortunately, I can't provide you with any detailed info.

How does a normal page validate against W3C?

I have not try and don't know if someone have tried.

You could try:)

[Tallmaris]

Hi there,

I have tried quickly to pass the generated html into a validator and got something like 70 errors against HTML5... mainly due to the use of table layout with empty rows, use of cellspacing, images with no "alt" defined etc. etc... I think that since ext.net uses a lot of nested tables and divs to perform the layout, validating will be a massive pain.

I'll keep on trying with various doctypes and maybe we can keep this thread updated with the result.

Regards,

[Daniil]

Thanks for the update.

mainly due to the use of table layout with empty rows, use of cellspacing

We don't recommend to use TableLayout at all, because, generally speaking, it's crude.

images with no "alt" defined

We guess that you mean icons. I think "alt" is not required for icons at all, because Ext.Net forces loading of resources.

[Tallmaris]

When I said table layout I mean the layout generated by ext.net... it often used tables to place the layout in an orderly fashion but that of course is not liked by validators. If there is a way to avoid it it would be great.

Images are for example the rounded borders, the Icons, some of the nice effects in the themes, the spacer gif... again, validators don't like it.

I am no big expert on this, I am only reporting a basic validation summary based on a simple ext.net page. :)
I'll make some more tests anyway.

Regards.

[Daniil]

Well, there should not be many <table> if you don't use TableLayout.

Thanks for your efforts to sort it out. It's interesting for me as well.