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Re: Dealing With Screen Readers Ignoring placeholder attributes

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From: Maxability A11Y
Date: Jun 6, 2018 7:35AM

I know this is slightly off topic but you may consider making placeholder
accessible. Here is an article that talks on how to make placeholder
accessible.
http://www.maxability.co.in/2016/03/accessible-solution-for-html5-placeholders/


If you have not already looked at other related accessibility problems
associated with placeholders, here is an article about the accessibility
problems with placeholder.
http://www.maxability.co.in/2016/01/placeholder-attribute-and-why-it-is-not-accessible/

Hope it helps.


On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Jeevan Reddy < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Jim,
> Capture the placeholder into a <span class="screenoff"> and reference it
> using aria-labelledby
> Best
> Jeevan.
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 5:40 AM Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I noticed that if a form field contains a label tag and a placeholder
> > attribute that both NVDA and JAWS omit the placeholder information. What
> is
> > the best way to ensure that screen readers report the information in the
> > placeholder if we want to communicate formatting information. For
> example,
> > a phone number format or password rules piece of instruction? I want to
> > cover for situations where screen real estate is limited. I alwo want
> > people who are sighted to benefit from the helpful information.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
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