How do I?

How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?

Many thanks.

Anonymous

"Anonymous" <> wrote:

>How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?

Unplug your mouse. Now use your keyboard to navigate your web page.
Do you still want to get rid of those dotted outlines?

Steve

"Steve Pugh" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Anonymous" <> wrote:
>
> >How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?
>
> Unplug your mouse. Now use your keyboard to navigate your web page.
> Do you still want to get rid of those dotted outlines?
>
> Steve

I'm sorry I thought this was a news group to ask questions! The dots don't
appear until after you, click on the link, and I also state above the images
please click on small image to enlarge, so people know they are links. So
what is so bad about it? Maybe if you had given a reason of why it's not
good to do it, instead of patronising, it maybe a little more helpful. Most
people ask these questions because they are new to html, css etc.

You learn through asking questions! I'm wish I hadn't bothered to ask now.

Anonymous wrote:
> "Steve Pugh" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>>"Anonymous" <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?
>>
>>Unplug your mouse. Now use your keyboard to navigate your web page.
>>Do you still want to get rid of those dotted outlines?
>>
>>Steve
>
>
> I'm sorry I thought this was a news group to ask questions! The dots don't
> appear until after you, click on the link, and I also state above the images
> please click on small image to enlarge, so people know they are links. So
> what is so bad about it? Maybe if you had given a reason of why it's not
> good to do it, instead of patronising, it maybe a little more helpful. Most
> people ask these questions because they are new to html, css etc.
>
> You learn through asking questions! I'm wish I hadn't bothered to ask now.

You did get a perfect answer. Unfortunatly you don't understand it.

The dotted line is there to tell you wich link has got the 'focus'.
You do not want to remove it.


Tonnie

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Anonymous wrote:
> "Steve Pugh" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>>"Anonymous" <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?
>>
>>Unplug your mouse. Now use your keyboard to navigate your web page.
>>Do you still want to get rid of those dotted outlines?
>>
>>Steve
>
>
> I'm sorry I thought this was a news group to ask questions! The dots don't
> appear until after you, click on the link, and I also state above the images
> please click on small image to enlarge, so people know they are links. So
> what is so bad about it? Maybe if you had given a reason of why it's not
> good to do it, instead of patronising, it maybe a little more helpful. Most
> people ask these questions because they are new to html, css etc.
>
> You learn through asking questions! I'm wish I hadn't bothered to ask now.

you are right.. and the above answer did not help at all. and I would
consider it rather amateurish to reply in such a way. I remember that
there is a js trick to apply to get rid of the rubber lines in IE. Even
DW has this function somewhere.. hold on a second... okay.. here we go:

there was already a thread on this topic, and the answer was:

if(document.all)self.blur(); (applied to the href of the link)

check:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J5C82514A
(google groups)

HTH

bernhard
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In article <41ebe266$>,
"Anonymous" <> wrote:

> How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?
>
> Many thanks.

Have you got the URL of a page that displays this so that we can see
whats putting them there.... Until we know that we can't tell you how to
get rid of them.

Al.

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Tonnie wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
>> what is so bad about it? Maybe if you had given a reason of why it's not
>> good to do it, instead of patronising, it maybe a little more
>> helpful. Most
>> people ask these questions because they are new to html, css etc.
>>
>> You learn through asking questions! I'm wish I hadn't bothered to ask
>> now.
>
>
> You did get a perfect answer. Unfortunatly you don't understand it.

by providing sarcastic answers to a serious question you will never gain
respect... if there is an existing method to get rid of the lines, why
not sharing this knowledge with others?
we are not talking about building atomic bombs. so let him decide wether
this is of any use or not.

> The dotted line is there to tell you wich link has got the 'focus'.
> You do not want to remove it.

there are cases where it's not necessary to know which element has the
focus. think on a menu where you intentially click on a link. No need to
tell the user, that the link he/she has clicked is really the link
he/she wanted to click.

bernhard

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"Anonymous" <> wrote:
>"Steve Pugh" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> "Anonymous" <> wrote:
>>
>> >How do I get rid of the dotted line that surrounds image links?
>>
>> Unplug your mouse. Now use your keyboard to navigate your web page.
>> Do you still want to get rid of those dotted outlines?
>
>I'm sorry I thought this was a news group to ask questions!

No, it's one in which to hold discussions. If some questions get
answered along the way that's a bonus.

>The dots don't appear until after you, click on the link,

If your using a mouse.
Obviously you didn't even bother to try the exercise I suggested.

> and I also state above the images
>please click on small image to enlarge, so people know they are links. So
>what is so bad about it?

Try the exercise I suggested.

> Maybe if you had given a reason of why it's not
>good to do it, instead of patronising, it maybe a little more helpful. Most
>people ask these questions because they are new to html, css etc.

OKay, as you're too lazy to try a simple exercise, I will spell it out
for you. The dotted outline around links (text or images) indicates
the focus. Focus is given to a link when you click on it with a mouse,
but also when you navigate to it with the keyboard (in IE use the tab
key, in Opera use one of several methods). If you remove the dotted
outline then you remove the method by which keyboard users tell where
they are in the page.

>You learn through asking questions! I'm wish I hadn't bothered to ask now.

Okay. Your loss. Maybe if you'd tried the exercise I'd suggested you
would have learnt something without needing to be spoon fed the
answers.

Steve

While the city slept, Bernhard Sturm () feverishly
typed...
[focus indicators]

> by providing sarcastic answers to a serious question you will never
> gain respect...

IMO Steve didn't give a sarcastic answer. He gave a good answer, suggesting
that the OP try navigating his/her web page with the keyboard instead of the
mouse, and whether the OP would then still like to remove the focus
indicators.

> there are cases where it's not necessary to know which element has the
> focus.

Are there? Tell that to someone who doesn't use a point-and-click device
(eg. mouse) to navigate the web.

> think on a menu where you intentially click on a link. No need
> to tell the user, that the link he/she has clicked is really the link
> he/she wanted to click.

But there is still a need to tell the user who doesn't use a point-and-click
device which item has the focus, so they know when to activate the link they
want to use.

Cheers.
Nige

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Steve Pugh wrote:
> "Anonymous" <> wrote:
>
>>"Steve Pugh" <> wrote in message
>
>>You learn through asking questions! I'm wish I hadn't bothered to ask now.
>
>
> Okay. Your loss. Maybe if you'd tried the exercise I'd suggested you
> would have learnt something without needing to be spoon fed the
> answers.

steve: would you please check out this tech note once, and maybe
apologize by the OP?

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...fm?id=tn_13759

cheers
bernhard

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