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Re: combo box coding

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Nov 14, 2014 2:29PM

If the label is present but not tied to the select it would be a 1.3.1
issue (A) or 2.4.6 (AA).
If there is no label whatsoever, it would fall under 3.2.2
It is always hard to say 100% unless we see the page


On 11/14/14, Bourne, Sarah (ITD) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> WebAIM (as always!) has great information on how a combo box should be
> coded. They call it a "select menu" and their guidance is here:
> http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#select
>
> The text inside the LABEL tags is what identifies what the combo box is, and
> it should be different than any other combo boxes on the page. If there is
> no visible text, because the designer assumes (sighted) people will be able
> to figure it out in some other way, the developer can use CSS to hide that
> text from visual users. Here are some techniques for doing that:
> http://webaim.org/techniques/css/invisiblecontent/
>
> If you have the WebAIM WAVE toolbar (http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar) or
> Chrome extension (http://wave.webaim.org/extension) installed, it will tell
> you if the label is missing - just in case it's been hidden already.
> (Although I doubt it - it should show up in your list, depending on what
> tool you are using to create that list.)
>
> sb
> Sarah E. Bourne
> Director of IT Accessibility
> Massachusetts Office of Information Technology
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts
> 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 1601 Boston MA 02108
> 617-626-4502
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.mass.gov/itd
> > > >


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