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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Sep 15, 2018 3:38PM

> I ran into an interesting, related question just yesterday - is it a WCAG
1.3.1 failure for a text box to have a fieldset legend, but not a label?

I look at it this way.
SC 3.3.2 covers the requirement for visible labels (graphics or text)
SC 4.1.2 covers programmatic labels
SC 1.3.1 In this case is there to make sure the programmatic and visible label coincide -- not to the point of the new WCAG 2.1 SC 2..5.3 Label in Name -- but that a person can make that connection that the programmatic name sufficiently provides the same information as communicated visually. SC 2.5.3 takes this to a higher level then was required previously explicitly indicating the same text be included but does not address situations where no-text graphical labels are provided such as icons without text. So 1.3.1 still has value in that situation even under WCAG 2.1.

Jonathan

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