Browser Support & 508

Netscape 4.7 doesn't render the padding correctly. Title and body text begin immediately at the left edge of a group.

Exception: Body text padding in the group box with header is correct.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Figure 1: Examples of how groups look in some Netscape versions.

Editability in Style Editor

In the Style Editor, it is possible to modify the following attributes of the group control:

Group	Style	IE 5 and above	Netscape 4.7
Fonts	Font Weight of Title	x	x
Background Color	First Background Color	x	x
	Second Background Color	x	x
	Third Background Color	x	x
Borders	Border Width, Style and Color	x	x
Layout	Title Padding for Groups with Header Strip	x
	Body Padding	x
	Title Padding for Groups without Header	x
	Padding of Body Content	x
Background	Height of Container Title	x
	Background Color of Container Title	x	x
	Background Color of Container Body	x	x

Table 1: Editable styles for the group control

Accessibility - 508 Support

Keyboard
The group is not inserted into the accessibility hierarchy by default. Elements inside a group have to be handled separately, depending on the respective controls included in the group.
Default Description
Is provided by the HTMLB rendering engine.
Application-specific Description
Set an additional description using the setTooltip method if needed.

Elements inside a group have to be handled separately, depending on the controls used.

Users with low vision can use the portal personalization link to select the portal's high contrast design, which was developed to offer maximum contrast. It renders the screen without using many colors or shades, which leaves us with little more than black and white. Though the results may look highly unattractive to people with normal vision, sharp contrast is what users with low vision need, in order to be able to read text at all.

As a developer, you needn't do anything to enable the high contrast scheme, but you should have a feeling for what happens to your application when it is viewed in high contrast.

This is how groups look in high contrast. (Figure 2, left side). On the right hand side you can see some possible variations of group designs, which can be achieved using the Style Editor.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Figure 2: Examples of groups in high contrast (left) and possible Style Editor variations (right).