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Re: Placeholder and Accessible Name Computation

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From: glen walker
Date: May 8, 2019 5:21PM

Joe, I think you need to finish the sentence from the spec regarding native
markup.

"Otherwise, if the current node's native markup provides an attribute (e.g.
title) or element (e.g. HTML label) **that defines a text alternative**..."
(emphasis mine)

So, yes, the placeholder attribute is a native markup attribute but it is
not an attribute that defines a text alternative. As several have noted,
it's hint and not a text alternative so shouldn't be included in the name
calculation.


On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 2:12 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
> The Accessible Name and Description Computation 1.2 does not mention it
> specifically, but it mentions " Otherwise, if the current node's native
> markup provides an attribute (e.g. title)" from Step D.
>
> The placeholder attribute is a native HTML attribute for <input> elements.
>
> Thankx,
> Joe Humbert
>
>