Re: use of placeholder as a label for an input

Steve Faulkner at 08:54 on 2013/02/18 wrote:

>The HTML spec currently states [1]:
>
>The placeholder attribute should not be used as an alternative to a label.
>
>should this be tighened up to MUST NOT?

Yes, I believe it should. There seems to be a disturbing trend 
to remove labels from forms and use only placeholders. Anything 
we can do to nip that in the bud would be a good thing.

Regards,




-Steve

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Steve Axthelm
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Received on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 00:20:34 UTC