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From: glen walker
Date: Mon, Feb 14 2022 6:33PM
Subject: Re: 2.5.3 Label in name - multi language interface
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Yes.

With regular <label> elements, you basically get that for free (assuming
the label is correctly associated with the <input>) . If the user switches
languages and you change the innerHTML of the <label>, then you'll satisfy
"label in name".

But since you're talking about a search field, you might not have a visible
"Search" label next to the field and instead have aria-label="search".
(Note that you still need some kind of visible "label" for the field but it
could be a magnifying glass icon and doesn't have to be actual text.) When
the user switches languages, the aria-label should be updated to the new
language. Not only will that satisfy 2.5.3 but you also want the new
language to be used when the label is read so you'd have to update the
aria-label anyway, regardless of 2.5.3.

From: Detlev Fischer
Date: Tue, Feb 15 2022 3:51AM
Subject: Re: 2.5.3 Label in name - multi language interface
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IMO for controls that visully are just labeled by an icon (i.e. no
text), 2.5.3 would not apply anyway.
If the language in the aria-label doesn't match the respective language
of the page version it looks like something that would fail either 1.1.1
or 2.4.6 or possibly both.

Am 15.02.2022 um 02:33 schrieb glen walker:
> Yes.
>
> With regular <label> elements, you basically get that for free (assuming
> the label is correctly associated with the <input>) . If the user switches
> languages and you change the innerHTML of the <label>, then you'll satisfy
> "label in name".
>
> But since you're talking about a search field, you might not have a visible
> "Search" label next to the field and instead have aria-label="search".
> (Note that you still need some kind of visible "label" for the field but it
> could be a magnifying glass icon and doesn't have to be actual text.) When
> the user switches languages, the aria-label should be updated to the new
> language. Not only will that satisfy 2.5.3 but you also want the new
> language to be used when the label is read so you'd have to update the
> aria-label anyway, regardless of 2.5.3.
> > > > --
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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Tue, Feb 15 2022 3:59AM
Subject: Re: 2.5.3 Label in name - multi language interface
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On 15/02/2022 10:51, Detlev Fischer wrote:
> IMO for controls that visully are just labeled by an icon (i.e. no
> text), 2.5.3 would not apply anyway.
> If the language in the aria-label doesn't match the respective language
> of the page version it looks like something that would fail either 1.1.1
> or 2.4.6 or possibly both.

Yup, this [insert finger pointing upwards emoji]

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