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Re: Any problems with placing headings inside legends?

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Aug 2, 2012 4:26PM

In my test on OS X, VoiceOver did not say it was a heading when navigating between the fieldset controls. It only said that when focused on the legend text or using heading navigation to jump directly to the legend. So no extra noise, I also tested in latest versions of NVDA/JAWS/IE/FF and no extra noise.

So I guess I don't see any problems with this. Seems to me it only enhances the accessibility of a large form.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
Deque Systems
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On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:34 PM, "Corbett, James" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi:
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> Wouldn't that fail on 1.3.1 Info and Relationships?
>
> ...and if and when HJ resolves the issue with field sets / legends I personally wouldn't want to hear H1 blah blah Date of Birth each time I'm tabbing between the controls within the fieldset.
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> Jim
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Any problems with placing headings inside legends?
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> To improve accessible navigation of forms? Does HTML validation really matter in this situation?
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> Don't see any problems from a quick test on OS X and VoiceOver/Safari.
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> Paul J. Adam
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