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Re: preferred method for communicating password rules?

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Apr 2, 2013 5:01PM

To add to Birkir, for people without visual disabilities, you could create
a visual highlighting effect - like WebAIM does if you jump to a specific
part of an article.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Angela
>
> One method that seems to work quite well for screen reader users (at
> least with Jaws) is to create the Password rule in a paragraph, give
> it an ID and then use aria-describedby="id" for the password field.
> See example from master Paul Adam here:
> http://www.deque.com/accessible-client-side-form-validation-html5-wai-aria
>
> (I submitted a bug to Freedom Scientific actually because Jaws does
> not automatically read aria-describedby if user verbosity is set to
> "advanced" but at least one can see the aria-describedby paragraph
> right below the field even in that mode with arrow keys, even if it is
> located elsewhere on the page).
> Of course this may not work for keyboard users but then you might be
> able to use a tooltip for these users, or use layout of visual clues
> for them, something which I am rather bad at advising on.
> cheers
> -B
>
> On 4/2/13, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm wondering if there is a preferred, or best practice, method for
> > displaying information (rules) for password creation that is most
> efficient
> > for screen reader users and keyboard users. I am envisioning an
> > "information" graphic icon.. When the icon receives focus it could
> display
> > a tool tip with the password creation rules. I'm guessing that this would
> > need to be placed in front of the <label> tag so that it is read first.
> >
> > My concern though, is that I don't really know how forms mode works.
> Does
> > forms mode just navigate the user to each form element in the order in
> which
> > they appear in the source code, and thus would miss my icon?
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Angela French
> > Internet Specialist
> > State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> > 360-704-4316
> > <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
> >
> > > > > > > >
> > > >