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Re: Using <legend> and <fieldset> on a single drop-down.

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From: Mallory
Date: May 29, 2021 3:56AM

Graham wrote:
> Also, Jean-Pierre has stated that the contents of the <p> element would get read out when screen reader user is tabbing through a form. Is that really true?

I see Pat already answered this although I've noted that specifically JAWS tries to fix a lot with heuristics and while I don't know that it wouldn't try to name what looks like a set of radios (assuming they shared the `name` attr), I have seen devs get tricked into thinking a <p> next to a text input can label it, because they'll Tab to that input and JAWS'll look for some nearest text once it determines the input has no name, and announce that.
Another reason I tend to audit by looking at code and then if I go over with AT I try a few just to check for weirdness.

Tom wrote:
> Yes, sorry. Just jotting code out quickly. I spent more time on the
> kale joke than the code. :-P

Puns are important! :P

cheers,
_mallory