There are ways around this, e.g. http://api.jquerymobile.com/taphold/

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On Sep 17, 2014, at 21:17, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Mouse hover is not available to anyone using a touch device rather than a mouse, as well as being problematic for keyboard access.
> 
> While there might be ways to make the on-hover UI style keyboard accessible (perhaps in some cases activating on element focus in addition toon hover), there aren't really any good ones I can think for purely touch devices (which don't really trigger focus state either).
> 
> An increasing amount of web use, of course, is mobile touch devices, and probably will continue to be and to increase for some time, including on library properties.
> 
> So I think probably on-hover UI should simply be abandoned at this point, even if some people love it, it will be inaccessible to an increasing portion of our users with no good accomodations.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On 9/17/14 4:25 PM, Jesse Martinez wrote:
>> On the same token, we're making it a policy to not use mouse hover over
>> effects to display database/asset descriptions in LG2 until this can become
>> keyboard accessible. This is a beloved feature from LG1 so I'm hoping
>> SpringShare read my pestering emails about this...
>> 
>> Jesse
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Brad Coffield <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Johnathan,
>>> 
>>> That point is well taken. Accessibility, to me, shouldn't be a tacked-on
>>> "we'll do the best we can" sort of thing. It's an essential part of being a
>>> library being open to all users. Unfortunately I know our site has a lot of
>>> work to be done regarding accessibility. I'll also pay attention to that
>>> when/if I make mods to the v2 templates.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jonathan LeBreton <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I might mention here that we (Temple University)  found LibGuides 2.0  to
>>>> offer some noteworthy improvements in section 508 accessibility
>>>> when compared with version 1.0.   Accessibility is a particular point of
>>>> concern for the whole institution as we look across the city, state, and
>>>> country at other institutions that have been called out and settled with
>>>> various disability advocacy groups.
>>>> So we moved to v. 2.0 during the summer in order to have those
>>>> improvements in place for the fall semester, as well as to get the value
>>>> from some other developments in v. 2.0 that benefit all customers.
>>>> 
>>>> When I see email on list about making  modifications to templates and
>>>> such, it gives me a bit of concern on this score that by doing so,  one
>>>> might easily begin to make the CMS framework for content less accessible.
>>>>   I thought I should voice that.    This is not to say that one shouldn't
>>>> customize and explore enhancements etc.,  but one should do so with some
>>>> care if you are operating with similar mandates or concerns.    Unless I
>>> am
>>>> mistaken, several of the examples noted are now throwing 508 errors that
>>>> are not in the out-of-the box  LibGuide templates and which are not the
>>>> result of an individual content contributor/author inserting "bad stuff"
>>>> like images without alt tags.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jonathan LeBreton
>>>> Senior Associate University Librarian
>>>> Editor:  Library & Archival Security
>>>> Temple University Libraries
>>>> Paley M138,  1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122
>>>> voice: 215.204.8231
>>>> fax: 215.204.5201
>>>> mobile: 215.284.5070
>>>> email:  [log in to unmask]
>>>> email:  [log in to unmask]
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>>> Cindi Blyberg
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 12:03 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
>>>> 
>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>> 
>>>> Not to turn C4L into Support4LibGuides, but... :)
>>>> 
>>>> The infrastructure for all the APIs is in place; currently, the Guides
>>> API
>>>> and the Subjects API are functioning.  Go to Tools > API > Get Guides to
>>>> see the general structure of the URL.  Replace "guides" with "subjects"
>>> to
>>>> retrieve your subjects.  You will need your LibGuides site ID, which you
>>>> can get from the LibApps Dashboard screen.
>>>> 
>>>> Word is that it will not take long to add other API calls on the back
>>> end;
>>>> if you need these now, please do email [log in to unmask] and
>>>> reference this conversation.
>>>> 
>>>> As for v1, we are planning on supporting it for 2 more years--that said,
>>>> we would never leave anyone hanging, so if it takes longer than that to
>>> get
>>>> everyone moved over, we're ready for that.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>>  -Cindi
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Nadaleen F Tempelman-Kluit <
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all-
>>>>> While we're on the topic of LibGuides V2, when will the "GET subjects"
>>>>> API (and other API details) be in place? We're in a holding pattern
>>>>> until we get those details and we've not been able to get any timeline
>>>>> as to when those assets will be in place. So we're deciding between
>>>>> building out LibGuides CMS "Global" landing pages using the V1
>>>>> platform, or waiting until some future date which, very soon, will
>>>>> mean abandoning this project till next summer. If we go the former
>>>>> route, it would also be great to know how long V1 will be supported.
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Cindi Blyberg <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Michael Schofield
>>>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Q1. How complicated is it to change all 3 column guides to a
>>>>>> single-column
>>>>>>> left/right-nav layout?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A little. You can force the entire group [or all groups] to use a
>>>>> single
>>>>>>> template, which is a huge time saver, except your guides' middle
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>> right
>>>>>>> columns will be in "hidden" columns rather than forced to collapse
>>>>> into a
>>>>>>> single column. This was pretty confusing at first. We were afraid
>>>>>>> we actually lost content during the migration. You will need to
>>>>>>> manually
>>>>> hit
>>>>>>> every guide and change the layout to single-column, but that's
>>>>>>> just a
>>>>>> click
>>>>>>> of the button. If you have 400+ guides, though, that's 400+ clicks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alas, yes. Once we realized this was happening, our devs hashed it
>>>>>> out
>>>>> and
>>>>>> will be rolling out a fix to the migration script so that this won't
>>>>> happen
>>>>>> again.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Q2. Three-columns or single column?
>>>>>>> Single column. Users scan, and they scan the top and left-most
>>>>>>> portions
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the screen. Anything in the middle and to the right is lost.
>>>>>>> Also,
>>>>> three
>>>>>>> columns on a responsive site is a little weird, because content is
>>>>> pretty
>>>>>>> squishy; on tablets you might have pretty narrow left and right
>>>>> columns.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Actually, when you view a 3-column layout on a smaller screen, it
>>>>>> scales down to a single column.  If you're seeing otherwise, can you
>>>>>> send us
>>>>> some
>>>>>> examples in case this is a bug we need to fix?  Thanks. :)  The key
>>>>>> here, of course, is to have the most important information in the
>>>>>> left-hand column, and not to have too many boxes on a single page.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Q5. Has anyone split the main content column into two smaller
>>>> columns?
>>>>>>> LG2 makes it crazy easy to change number and percentage-based
>>>>>>> widths of the columns. So you could still use the
>>>>>>> tabs-across-the-top template
>>>>> and
>>>>>>> create a little 33% wide left "sidebar" column and a 66% wide
>>>>>>> right
>>>>> main
>>>>>>> column.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One slight caution here:  if you add a second content column to a
>>>>> side-nav
>>>>>> layout and the guide author wants to display nav pills for the
>>>>>> page's boxes, only the boxes from the first content column will be
>>>>>> displayed as pills. This is by design, but we've filed it as a known
>>>> issue.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of
>>>>>>> Blake Galbreath
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:37 PM
>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have always thought that left-nav was the UX standard for
>>>>> left-to-right
>>>>>>> languages (as opposed to Arabic, eg.: http://www.france24.com/ar/
>>> ).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Personally, I feel that right-nav makes more sense across the
>>>>>>> board,
>>>>> due
>>>>>>> to the fact that it is less distance to travel for right-handed
>>>> people.
>>>>>> But
>>>>>>> the convention seems pretty set in stone. I am also not sure how
>>>>>>> screen readers deal with right-nav - although i am guessing that
>>>>>>> there is no problem there programming wise.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Blake
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Brad Coffield <
>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Benjamin: "Unfortunately we have authors who want *three*
>>>>>>>> columns
>>>>> plus
>>>>>>>> left-nav..." LOL
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Margaret: Love the floating nav on that page. It's exciting that
>>>>> we'll
>>>>>>>> be able to leverage Bootstrap with our guides now. Moving the
>>>>>>>> entire library website to libguides CMS is looking more and more
>>>> promising.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Some more thoughts:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm no UX expert but is it generally agreed that left-nav is the
>>>>>>>> much better choice? It seems like it to me. Given current web
>>>>>>>> wide conventions etc.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> One big issue to switching to left-nav in v2 is the amount of
>>>>>>>> work it's going to take everyone to convert all guides to the new
>>>> layout.
>>>>>>>> Which is one of those things that both shouldn't matter (when
>>>>>>>> looking at it in a principledness way - that is, "Whatever is
>>>>>>>> best for the patrons! No matter
>>>>>>>> what!) but also does matter (in a practical way - that is, "OMG
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> all so busy being awesome").
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> But part of me, when looking at other people's guides and my
>>>>>>>> own, wonders if three columns isn't just a little TOO much for
>>> the
>>>> user.
>>>>>>>> How is one supposed to scan the page? What's the prioritized
>>>>>>>> information? For a couple years now I've been eschewing three
>>>>>>>> columns whenever possible. Do others agree that three columns
>>>>>>>> can be info
>>>>>>> overload?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Benjamin Florin <
>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> We've been tinkering with our LibGuides template in
>>>>>>>>> preparation for an eventual redesign of our site and guides,
>>>> e.g.:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>     http://libguides.bc.edu/libraries/babst/staff
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Some of our guide authors weren't happy with the LibGuides
>>>>>>>>> side-navigation's single-column limitation, so we made our own
>>>>>>>>> template, moved {{guide_nav}} off to a left column, and wrote
>>>>>>>>> our own styles to
>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>> the default top-nav display as left-nav. We've found that a
>>>>>>>>> 50/50
>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> 75/25
>>>>>>>>> split next to the left nav looks pretty good.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus
>>>>>> left-nav...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> In general the LibGuides templating has felt modern and easy
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>> work
>>>>>>>> with.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Brad Coffield <
>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm
>>>>>>>>>> wondering if anyone would be willing to share their
>>>>>>>>>> experience/choices regarding templating. (Or even some
>>>>>>>>>> code!)
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the
>>>>>>>>>> main
>>>>>>>> content
>>>>>>>>>> column into two smaller columns? Done that with a
>>>>>>>>>> column-width-spanning
>>>>>>>>> box
>>>>>>>>>> atop the main content area? Any other neato templates ideas?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> We are in the process of building a "style guide" for all
>>>>>>>>>> libguides
>>>>>>>>> authors
>>>>>>>>>> to use. And also some sort of peer-review process to help
>>>>>>>>>> enforce the
>>>>>>>>> style
>>>>>>>>>> guide. I'm thinking we are going to want to restrict all
>>>>>>>>>> authors to left-nav templates but perhaps the ideal solution
>>>>>>>>>> would be to require left-nav of all but to have a variety of
>>>>>>>>>> custom left-nav templates to choose from.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts are much appreciated!
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Brad Coffield, MLIS
>>>>>>>>>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint
>>>>>>>>>> Francis University
>>>>>>>>>> 814-472-3315
>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Brad Coffield, MLIS
>>>>>>>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
>>>>>>>> University
>>>>>>>> 814-472-3315
>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Blake L. Galbreath
>>>>>>> Systems Librarian
>>>>>>> Eastern Oregon University
>>>>>>> One University Boulevard
>>>>>>> La Grande, OR 97850
>>>>>>> (541) 962.3017
>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit
>>>>> Head, User Experience (UX) Department
>>>>> Bobst Library, New York University
>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>> (212) 998-2469
>>>>> @nyulibraries
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Brad Coffield, MLIS
>>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
>>> Saint Francis University
>>> 814-472-3315
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>