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Re: Anchor inside label?

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Apr 13, 2018 2:40AM

Thanks for your thoughts guys. I'm not sure why wrapping other tags in
labels makes me uncomfortable, but it does. Perhaps it's just the
(perceived?) unpredictability of how it might render in different
browser/AT combinations, and how easy it could be for devs to get it
wrong, like wrapping a group of radiobuttons in a descriptive
super-label.

On 12/04/2018, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> In addition, in the past TalkBack had issues with implicit labels that
> contain input fields and links.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Graham Armfield
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 11:35 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Anchor inside label?
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> Dear All,
>
> I don't have the ability to test this anymore, but when using Voiceover on
> some earlier versions of iOS (I'm thinking iOS 9 on iPhone or iPad), I
> noticed that Voiceover seemed to ignore any links in explicitly marked up
> labels. Double tapping on it transferred focus to the input field - ie
> following the native browser behaviour for labels.
>
> So if anyone is still on older versions, and the link to Terms and
> Conditions is the only way to read the Ts and Cs, then those people
> wouldn't easily be able to get to the Ts and Cs to read them.
>
> As far as I can tell, this issue is no longer true in newer versions of
> iOS.
>
> Regards
> Graham Armfield
> Coolfields Consulting
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