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Re: Markup for question and answer scenario (Moore, Michael (HHSC))

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From: Sean Keegan
Date: Jun 23, 2015 2:37AM

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reminder. It may be best (where possible) to stick with
<label> for the answer inputs to keep the coding simpler. I think
aria-labelledby will work for when the group needs a description and to
avoid concatenating the whole question+answer.

That said, it may come in handy for some question types (e.g., multiple
true/false, reordering/rearrangement).

Thanks,
Sean


From: "Moore,Michael (HHSC)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >

> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:38:35 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Markup for question and answer scenario
> Sean,
>
> If you are going to use aria-labelledby to add the question to the input
> for the answer selection you will need to also point to the id for the
> answer selection. When I have tested aria-labelled by overrides any
> existing bound labels. So it would look like this <input ...
> aria-labelledby="idOfQuestionHeading idOfAnswerText" ... /> This way a
> screen reader would read both.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
> Civil Rights Office
> (512) 438-3431 (Office)
> (512) 574-0091 (Cell)
>
>