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Re: Should there be persistent visible text labels for search buttons or burger menu buttons?

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From: Max ability
Date: Aug 17, 2021 8:09PM

Hi Glen,
I think this is what you might be referring to.
G167:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/G167

Rakesh

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 8:54 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Although non-normative, I *thought* one of the "understanding" sections
> mentioned that an icon/image could be used as the "label" of a field,
> assuming the image has alternative text (1.1.1), but I can't find the
> reference now (but didn't look very hard either :-)). I checked 3.3.2 and
> 2.4.6.
>
> I typically allow it when I review a website.
> > > > >