Re: Should we require labels to be always visible?

That's one way of doing it, but there will be others. So the requirement might be EITHER have external visible label OR if using placeholder, show label next to field after focussing field.
Note that some implementations keep the placeholder text visible even after focussing (mostly grey text) until you start typing, which I personally find confusing. Not sure whether some SC (COGA?) or technique addresses this yet.

David MacDonald schrieb am 06.01.2017 16:51:

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> Most of the sites I evaluate these days seem to have placeholder text for labels. An aria-label helps, but the label still disappears on focus or on clicking into the field.
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> Would it help the cognitive community if the label is always visible. So for placeholder labels, should we require that the label appears near the field when the user clicks or tabs to the field? Like this?
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Received on Friday, 6 January 2017 16:04:00 UTC