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From: GILLENWATER, ZOE M
Date: Nov 7, 2011 2:51PM

Hi everyone,

I know and preach that it's best to use a label for every form field, but in those cases where it's really not possible or practical (such as one label describing more than one field), what's the best alternative technique? Title attribute? Always, or just in some situations?

Using the title attribute on the form field has good support and is simple to implement. In fact, is there any reason to even consider other techniques, such as using CSS to hide a label or using aria-labelledby? In other words, are there any advantages of these CSS or ARIA techniques over simply using the title attribute that I should be aware of?

Thanks,
Zoe

Zoe Gillenwater
Technical Architect, Design Standards Accessibility
Creative Experience Team
AT&T eCommerce

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