WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: HTML Fieldset missing a Legend

for

From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 4, 2021 12:24PM

On 04/11/2021 18:21, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> If SR ignored legend in fieldset despite spec, this would make me worrying.

They don't ignore legend, but they only announce the legend when an SR
user enters a fieldset area, rather than for each and every
focusable/form control inside it (same way they only announce the name
of a named region when you enter it).

P
--
Patrick H. Lauke

https://www.splintered.co.uk/ | https://github.com/patrickhlauke
https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | https://www.deviantart.com/redux
twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke