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Re: Fill in the Blanks Form Implementation

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Jun 10, 2019 2:13AM

Hi Mary,

We never did come up with an ideal solution, especially when there's
more than one blank per question. We don't have control over the
question text, so couldn't re-author the questions to provide
understandable labels.

All of our labels just say "Fill in the blank", which is less than
ideal but the best we could do given the limited control we've got.

Once the aria-roledescription property is better supported, we may use
it to let users know that they may need to read the text before and
after the edit field to put it in context.

Cheers, Isabel

On 10/06/2019, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Not sure of public facing, but see
> https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=8693.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 11:58 AM Tiller, Mary < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> Good day,
>>
>> Does anyone have a public implemented example of an accessible "fill in
>> the blanks" form that uses natural language. A form that gathers
>> information from a user that requires them to fill in the blanks,
>> example: "My last name is_________"
>>
>> Thank you!
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >