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Re: Visible labels for link, combobox and button?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Aug 10, 2020 4:57PM

On 10/08/2020 17:01, Steve Green wrote:
> I cannot find anything in SC 3.3.2 that allows the use of images or icons as labels, and I always report that as a non-conformance.

I don't see anything in 3.3.2 that DISallows the use of images or icons
as labels. And in fact, the normative definition of label suggests that
an image/icon with an appropriate text alternative counts as a label

"label
text or other component with a text alternative that is presented to a
user to identify a component within Web content"
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-labels

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