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Re: Is use of <label> and title redundant?

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From: GILLENWATER, ZOE M
Date: Nov 20, 2012 7:11AM

Sailesh,

OK, so it sounds like the only advantage you're attributing to the title attribute is its ease of use, which I do acknowledge. But as I said, with a CSS class to hide content already present in your style sheet, using a hidden label is just as easy, in my opinion. Because of that, and the issue with titles not being spoken in normal reading mode in NVDA, I remain convinced that hidden labels are a better first choice, with titles being a valid "plan B" if necessary.

I agree that if there is visible text on the page that could be used to label the field, it should be made a real <label>. Those aren't the type of situations we've been discussing.

Thanks for your insight! I really do appreciate it.

Zoe

Zoe Gillenwater
Web Accessibility Technical Architect
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