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Re: How to convey password requirements on registration pages

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Apr 23, 2019 6:20AM

Larry:

If the list of requirements is long, no matter how or where they
appear on the screen, it's likely that some users, especially those
with learning difficulties (and me), will struggle to follow the
instructions.

But for the benefit of screenreader users, the requirements need to be
in very close proximity to the field they refer to, and as has been
said by others, if the instructions come after the field then
screenreader users need to be informed of their presence.

I personally think that aria-describedby would work quite well here,
but not relied upon. So if the instructions were placed just after the
password field in the DOM, and associated with it using
aria-describedby, this could offer quite a good solution.

Cheers, Isabel

On 22/04/2019, Mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> As a "slow person" I benefit from (and I don't care how ugly) a list of how
> I have to do it being visible to me at all times (I mean, not only when I
> have focus on the pw field).
>
> Just try not to put the requirements in an aria-describedby setup, or if it
> is, it can also be normally navigated to and read in any way needed (like by
> character). I've focussed on pw fields in the past and got a book blasted at
> me. It still meant I had to try to hold all the rules in my head.
>
> Dan: don't forget a space, but yeah that does look like it could be
> reasonable:
> (to avoid PasswordPlease, tho it depends on SR and setting whether you'd get
> that as one or two words)
>
> cheers,
> _mallory
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019, at 7:47 PM, Swift, Daniel P. wrote:
>> Larry:
>>
>> Could you place the requirements after the textbox and within the label
>> include extra text for the screen reader only indicating that there is
>> a list of password requirements listed just after the textbox.
>>
>> <label>Password<span class="sro">Please note that requirements are
>> listed just after the password textbox</span></label>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Dan Swift
>> Senior Web Specialist
>> Enterprise Services
>> West Chester University
>> 610.738.0589
>>
>>