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Re: Hiding form labels with display:none?

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From: lauracornwell
Date: Feb 7, 2013 3:14PM

i have some thing that i want to know is radio stayshions web sites
cuverd by the ada lall

On 2/7/2013 3:59 PM, Rick Hill wrote:
> For as long as I have been involved with Web accessibility, I still stumble across "simple" things that I feel I should have know.
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> My take on hiding Web content from sited users but making available for screen users has been to use one of the CSS techniques âEUR¦ but never user display:none caused that hides it form everyone. Now I find that many/most/all assistive technology )or tat least popular screen readers) WILL announce a form label even if hidden using display:none!
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> So, is this just a customary developmental thing (like D links used to be before wider adoption of longdesc) or is there and actual AT guideline in WCA 2 that says display:none hides from all users and media types âEUR¦ except for form labels?
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> I'm still of the opinion that using display"none for this purpose is not a best practice. Am I mistaken?
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