WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

RE: label without form-element

for

From: Jan Eric Hellbusch
Date: Aug 9, 2005 11:09AM

Hello Patrick,

> > A screen reader will only "fetch" a label when its focus is in a form
> > element. That said, only some screen readers will currently do that.
>
> Jan, don't have a screen reader handy at the moment to check, but: would
> the label be read out when the screen reader is not in forms mode, just
> treating it as any other text?

Certainly.

Screen readers usually have (at least) two modes when working with the
Internet Explorer: a reading mode (where LABEL is treated as any other
Text - without the semantics) and an edit mode (where forms can be
accessed).

Regs
Jan

--
Books on accessible web design:
www.barrierefreies-webdesign.de/buecher.php