Interesting. Has anyone else experienced this? My developer is out today, so I can't test this yet.
Angela French
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>I would question the use of a role in a span tag.
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>Have you tried replacing it with a block element like <p> or <div> and see if it
>works then? We have come across issues when employing the span tag, which is
>really more for styling, for purposes other than style.
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>On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> Below is another example from our application of a form field where
>> the user, upon form submit, it not being notified of the validation
>> error. For this example I have only removed class attributes and
>> values to make it easier to read. Can anyone tell me what we are doing wrong
>please?
>>
>>
>> <label for="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txtLName"
>> id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblLName" ><span >*</span> Last
>> Name:</label> <input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$txtLName"
>type="text"
>> id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txtLName" placeholder="required"
>> aria-required="true" aria-labelledby="rfvLName" /> <span id="rfvLName"
>> role="alert" >Last name required</span>
>>
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