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Re: Using labels or table headers on nested editable elements inside data cells?

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From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Date: Jan 10, 2017 2:05AM

Hello,
Do you have an example that I can look at?
Thanks,
Vasu

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On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
> I am wondering what should be done in this situation.
> If one has a table that is properly using the <th> tags at the top, then
> all cells below will inherit the heading. This means edit boxes and whatnot
> don't need any label because the header already is the label.
> This is how I mostly program tables because it is the easiest and NVDA
> likes it the most. But it fails accessibility tests because the edit boxes
> don't have a label.
>
> If one adds a label to the field then NVDA announces the title of the field
> twice and the edit fields don't pass because they are not unique. (This
> functionality is not just NVDA either).
>
> So what should one do in this situation? For me as an NVDA user, I really
> like edit boxes without labels if tables have their headers correct. But
> the WCAG guidelines don't agree with me.
> What should be done?
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;
> > > > >