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Re: Do native HTML date pickers automatically fail SC 1.4.4 (Resize Text)?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 23, 2024 6:34PM

maThis is but one of many examples where browser vendors have dropped the
ball (and are not picking it up).
Other examples:
* Native HTML form validation errors - not visually persistent, not
connected to the invalid inputs
* Native autocomplete (<datalist> elements with an <input> and the list
attribute), can't be resized


Again, we should not expect every developer to have to custom code a
workaround for common native HTML widgets, just because the user agent
developers can't be bothered to make sure it' accessible.

Accessibility has to be made as easy as possible, including having to code
to standards/valid HTML and trust that when you do the browser will turn it
into an accessible experience.
We collectively waste thousands of hours every month working with
developers to custom code solutions that can be coded in native HTML but
have insufficient accessibility support in user agents.

This isn't fair on us or on the developers we work with.