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Re: Do you need to have a label on a form field when it has a default value?

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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Sep 17, 2010 2:48PM

Iza Bartosiewicz wrote:

> H65: Using the title attribute to identify form controls when the
> label element cannot be used (HTML)
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20080430/H65.html

"Cannot be used" is obscure here and often just means "the visual dee-ziners
won't allow it". I'd rather suggest solving that problem than using
contrived markup that may, or may not, help some users to get over the
problem.

>> and in practice, only a small fraction of users will ever notice its
>> presence.
>
> Are you referring to using the title attribute in general or using it
> specifically with form elements?

Both.

> From what I've read, most of the recent versions of screen readers
> support title attribute on form controls,

Screen reader users as a whole constitute a small fraction of all users.

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