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Re: html 5 required

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Aug 5, 2017 6:04PM

> I am confused. The label is exposed isn´t it, the way you wrote it.

I can confirm that with NVDA after a form is submitted and focus is moved to the field in error in some browsers NVDA only announces the error and not the label. If you open the speech viewer you will find the label is there -- which I believe indicates that the error message is being treated like an assertive live region and somehow interrupting the label from being announced.

In our testing of the HTML required attribute in different browsers the supports varied between browsers with screen readers. In addition, some browsers use a red border to indicate the error state while only providing a mouse involked tooltip further complicated the use of the required attribute as it could be claimed color alone was used to communicate the error visually to people with color deficiency who were not using a screen reader.

I would agree with Patrick that at this time if you need to support multiple browsers and multiple AT the support is not there yet to fully conform with this method alone. It's a shame because it's a simple method that should be better supported without requiring developers to implement more complex and costly solutions.

Jonathan

Jonathan Avila
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