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Re: Unlabelled form field with adjacent button as label?

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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Mar 4, 2015 5:12AM

Thanks Patrick.

But isn't it hugely confusing if a success criterion for one
checkpoint fails on others? Presumably this one fails 4.1.2? As a
developer, if I implement this success criterion, aren't I likely to
assume that it passes WCAG2?

Best, Lynn

On 04/03/2015, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On 04/03/2015 11:42, Lynn Holdsworth wrote:
>> If I'm ploughing through a large form, or looking for a particular
>> form element, I'll pull up the JAWS forms list (Insert+F5). If an
>> element doesn't have a label, JAWS will say "unlabelled 1",
>> "unlabelled 2" etc. for each consecutive unlabelled field.
>
> The success criterion is not aimed at users of assistive technologies,
> but at users that can see the screen/page. To them, having the adjacent
> button is a sufficient form of labelling.
>
> In general, SCs don't always cover all possible types of
> abilities/disabilities.
>
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