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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Jul 6, 2015 11:17AM

This is a new one, at least for me. I don't really have a question, I just want to confirm my thoughts.

I am testing an app developed with PeopleTools. There are lots of forms to fill out. The fields are labeled properly so the field names are read by screenreaders when users tab into the field. However, when using the "Say all" or down arrow commands to read the page, the form field is read before the label. So it says, "Text, edit" and then tells what information is expected, "e-mail address", something I never came across before. I determined it seems this is due to the text box preceding the label in the DOM.

Anyone ever seen this before? This is a 1.3.2 failure, correct?


Joseph Sherman
Accessibility Specialist
CUNY Computing & Information Services
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