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From: Jonathan Whiting
Date: Oct 25, 2014 3:39PM

Radio buttons are a bit tricky. There are three properties that need to be
just right:


-The value in the "Name" field needs to match for all the radio buttons in
the group. This groups the options together and is not read by the screen
reader.
-"Tooltip" should usually be the same for each option in the group of radio
buttons. It is kind of like the <legend> in an HTML <fieldset>. This is
unique to radio buttons--Tooltip it is used as a unique ‘label' for all
other types of form fields.
-In the "Options" tab, there is a "Radio button Choice" field. The text in
this field will be read as well, kind of like an HTML <label>.


If these are all correct, then the correct information should be read by
JAWS.


Jonathan Whiting

WebAIM

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Weissenberger, Todd M <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Jonathan Whiting, thanks for the pointer. I completed the steps as
> outlined on the WebAIM site.
>
> So, and anyone feel free to chime in, should JAWS read these tooltips?
> Because NVDA reads them all, but JAWS reads nothing when a checkbox gets
> focus.
>
> Ack.
>
> Todd
>
>