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

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From: Murphy, Sean
Date: Mar 15, 2020 4:21PM

Fully agree with P. The best practise is to fix the issue rather than the aria-label approach as having a visual label will help all users, not only screen reader users.

Sean

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On 14/03/2020 01:50, shankar shan wrote:
> 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.

It would be far less intrusive to add an aria-label or similar to the inputs, rather than - if I understand the current approach correctly - making the text acting as a label focusable (as the latter would also still not give those inputs an actual accessible name, so it will still be a confusing experience, reliant on users only ever tabbing forward through the form to get the "label" text, followed by the unlabelled input).

P
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