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Re: Google Forms: Label issues

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From: Karla Kmetz
Date: Apr 19, 2012 2:31PM

Thank you Sailesh. I don't have much option to do anything with the code,
but it is helpful to know that some screen reading software will encounter
the double label well. Do screen readers skip over empty form labels?

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Sailesh Panchang <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> > 1. You are correct, the question and the help text are both being
> > associated as labels for a single input element. This is technically
> > incorrect, but some screen readers seem to handle this OK, but there
> > is no guarantee that all screen readers will.
> >
> Sailesh: As a matter of fact it is technically correct to associate 2
> labels with one input control. Both 'for' values should have to match
> the 'id'value. It is right to say that some AT handle it right ... it
> is user agent dependent.
> I'd perhaps use one label to include the help text if it is adjacent
> to question text. Else aria-describedby may have wider user agent
> support than 2 labels.
> > 2. All of the questions are coded as labels, but sometimes those
> > labels aren't explicitly tied to the following choices, such as
> > multiple choice questions made with check boxes or radio buttons. What
> > is really needed is a different model of presenting the questions and
> > choices. Some question types, like multiple choice, in most cases
> > should probably be implemented with a legend for the fieldset. This
> > raises the problem then of some questions being coded as labels and
> > some as fieldsets. There are other solutions to this problem, such as
> > using headings to denote each question, or else using aria-label or
> > aria-labelledby attributes.
> Sailesh: Fieldset/legend is the appropriate solution. Well if the
> structure of the question and answer choices are different, they
> justify different markup. It does not have to be the same as for
> question text with input type=text.
> Unless custom controls that do not support HTML labelling methods are
> used, there's no need for aria-label or labelledby. Use of heading too
> is not the appropriate choice.
> Sailesh Panchang
> Deque Systems
> > > >



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