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From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Date: Jul 24, 2012 3:00AM

Hi Jeevan and others,
If we decide to include indication, it "must" be visible. Putting the same
as off-screen or aroa-required would be helpful to users with vision
impairment, but the indication would be more helpful to those having
cognitive disabilities.

Thanks,
-Srini

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Jeevan Reddy
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> L,
> Though the user name and password fields default required, for the
> common user point of you, including visible required field indicator
> is good option.
> For the conformance view, you can either offscreen the "*/required" or
> use Aria-Required property in case design doesn't prompt you to use
> visible indicators.
>
> On 7/24/12, Elle < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > We're redesigning our website, and there's discussion about whether any
> > indication of required fields is necessary for "username" and password"
> to
> > sign into the member portal. All the Section 508 and WCAG 2.0
> > documentation I see seems to state that it's a violation if you don't
> > indicate "this field is required" by either an asterisk, an image, text
> > (ex. "required"), or grouping like fields together by validation.
> However,
> > the WCAG content seems more for multiple form fields. On the
> > Section508.gov website, the Search text input field responds like a
> > required field (it has a validation / error prompt if you hit Submit
> > without entering text), but there is no indication that Search is a
> > required field to successfully Submit. My UX team is telling me that
> > Username and Password are obviously required if you want to sign in on a
> > website, and that even an asterisk is unnecessary. So, my questions are:
> >
> >
> > 1. Is it necessary (to meet conformance requirements) to have an
> > asterisk next to Username and Password for a sign-in widget on a
> > website?
> > 2. If the guidance text ** Required* exists near the top of the page,
> > can we remove it from a similar sign-in widget on the left rail?
> >
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Elle
> > > > > > > >
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Jeevan Reddy,
> Accessibility Consultant,
> Onya Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd,
> Bangalore, India.
> > > >



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Regards,

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