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Re: using title attribute as form field label

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Nov 8, 2011 4:12PM

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Steve Faulkner wrote:

> For AT that use information exposed via an accessibility API, it is the
> accessible name property they use regardless of whether the source of the
> name is from the label element, aria attribute, element content or title
> attribute.

I understand. Despite what ARIA says or what accessibility APIs do,
this does not change the definition of the title attribute in the HTML
specification. If we want to redefine title to allow it to be an
alternative for form labeling (or description for frames for that
matter), this should occur in the spec, shouldn't it? You have to have
a very liberal and creative interpretation of the HTML spec to
interpret "advisory information" to mean "accessible name".

Jared