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Re: Possible Incorrect NVDA Behavior

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Aug 11, 2018 2:40AM

Hello,

I believe that removal or retention of the visible placeholder text is
controlled by the browser, not the screenreader. Firefox leaves it visible
until the user starts to type, Internet Explorer removes it immediately on
focus.

JavaScript can be used to change these behaviours, but without it the above
is what the user can expect.

HTH,

Bim
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
Of Pratik Patel
Sent: 10 August 2018 23:28
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Possible Incorrect NVDA Behavior

As far as I can tell, NVDA reports the text associated with the placeholder.
But there is no actual text in the input field. Let me know if you are
seeing a different behavior.

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Jim
Homme
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 2:35 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Possible Incorrect NVDA Behavior

Hi,
It seems that NVDA may not be honoring that placeholders disappear when you
type into edit boxes. Will someone please confirm by looking at this page?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::placeholder

Thanks.

Jim



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