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Re: Dealing With Screen Readers Ignoring placeholder attributes

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Jun 14, 2018 12:36PM

Hello Jim,
If possible, use implicit labelling instead of explicit labelling.
That should solve your problem.
In Firefox, JAWS and NVDA read the input text and label + placeholder.
In Chrome the label+placeholder are read only when the field is empty.
Thanks,
Sailesh



On 6/5/18, 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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