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From: Fischer, Johannes
Date: Mar 21, 2019 1:18AM

Hi,

I would also say that aria-describedby is not a label as the term "label" is not inside the attribute name like in aria-label or aria-labelledby. Instead it gives a description additionally to a label. Success criterion 3.3.2 would fail. But I think, criterion 4.1.2 would not fail as aria-describedby is considered in the accessible name computation (no. 2, no. 2, second bullet for example): https://www.w3.org/TR/accname/#terminology


Khoa, for your scenario 1 my thoughts for a solution would be:

A.
<label>
The <input type="text value="___" /> has black and white stripes.
</label>

B.
<span id="text1">The</span> <input id="gap" type="text value="___" aria-labelledby="text1 gap text2" /> <span id="text2">has black and white stripes.</span>

Johannes

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Von: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] Im Auftrag von Mohith BP
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. März 2019 05:39
An: WebAIM Discussion List
Betreff: Re: [WebAIM] Form elements

Hi,

No, aria-describedby cannot be the substitute for the accessible label
as mentioned by Birkir. However, using title attribute will not give
same experience across the assistive technologies on all platform. It
is recommended that the title alone cannot be considered as accessible
label.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

On 3/21/19, Khoa Pham < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> In scenarios where an input text field is embedded in the question sentence,
> such as fill in the blank, or is at the end of a question. What would be
> recommended as a label for the first embedded scenario and the scenario
> where an answer required after a question, examples below.
>
> Scenario 1:
> The ___ has black and white stripes.
>
> Scenario 2:
> What color is a turtle? ____
>
> How would you recommend these be label and which html or aria element would
> be best for them?
>
>