WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Disclaimers

for

From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Dec 26, 2012 10:57AM

I'll say in this case, usability trumps accessibility:
Suffix off-screen text to the labels 'with the above'.
Assuming label text reads 'I agree' / 'I disagree'.
This will convey to the user there is some associated text one might
wish to read.
So fieldset/legend may be dispensed in this case.

If the text were marked as a legend, it would be read by AT-user
agents (that support fieldset/legend). The legend does not need
tabindex=0.
And if it were not legend text, using tabindex=0 is a problem ...
A tabindex=0 will make the text tab-navigable. A user will be forced
to listen to all of it in the belief it is a label and the form
control's state will be announced.

Sailesh Panchang


On 12/19/12, Corbett, James < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi:
>
> So would that imply having the text of the disclaimer with in some sort of
> control?
>
> Jim
>
>