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Re: [WebAim] differentiate between the edit and read only edit fields.

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From: shankar shan
Date: Mar 13, 2020 7:50PM

glen, thanks for your prompt reply.
since we are uplifting the screens and, due to restrictions for the
code change, the edit and read only fields does not have the
associated labels.
so, we are making screen reader to read the header's label for the
focused fields.

On 3/14/20, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Regarding editable and readonly fields, you don't have to do anything
> special if you have semantic html.
>
> <input>
> <input readonly>
>
> These two input fields will be read correctly by screen readers without you
> having to do anything extra (assuming you have properly associated labels
> for the fields).
>
> I didn't follow what you meant when you said "the visual focus will be on
> the section header and keyboard focus will be on the edit Field". How is
> the visual focus different from the keyboard focus?
>
> Also, I wouldn't expect my focus to move to a section heading. It's not an
> interactive element so shouldn't receive focus.
> > > > >


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