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Re: making search input field accessible without a <label>

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 24, 2015 3:37PM

You may want to switch to an accessibility checker that understands
and incorporates ARIA.
Also make sure the checker is checking the DOM/accessibility tree, not
just the static html.
I can't speak for aChecker specifically, but last time I looked it
appeared not to have been updated since its 2008 release.
You can view a decent (but not entirely compirhensive) list of tools
here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/



On 8/24/15, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Actually, I take that back. I have added aria-label="search" to both form
> elements and it is still failing on the Achecker. Still shows error about
> missing an associated label. Is the AChecker not so good to use?
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