Status Indicators and alt text.

svenia

Is there a way to have three different alt text for a 3 image button? Or does anyone know of a way to create a status indicator with three images? I see Lectora has the status indicators, but it only allows for 1 alt description my user is wanting to have each state to have it's own alt tag.



Thanks!



Monique

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Hey there,



I would get around this by creating the status indicator manually and hiding/unhiding the appropriate image depending on a variable:



Ingredients

- Two variables: TopicStarted, TopicCompleted

- Three images: Ind_NotStarted, Ind_Incomplete, Ind_Complete



Programming

- When the user starts the topic, set TopicStarted to 1

- When the user completes the topic, set TopicCompleted to 1

- When the user returns to the table of contents page, show image:

- Ind_NotStarted if TopicStarted == 0

- Ind_Incomplete if TopicStarted == 1 and TopicCompleted == 0

- Ind_Complete if TopicCompleted == 1

- Hide whichever indicators are not relevant (if showing Ind_Complete, hide the other two)

You can then add alt tags for each of the three images. Screen readers won't read hidden elements so the above should work, just takes a little extra mucking around!