- From: Lauke PH <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Aug 2003 13:31:14 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> But doesn't this defeat the reason behind placing default > text in edit > boxes? The related WCAG item says "Some legacy assistive technologies > require initial text in form controls" - out of curiosity, > which user agents? No, it doesn't defeat the purpouse. Keep in mind that this is a purely technical requirement. It's not meant to give users a clue as to what the input is for (that's what labels and titles are for). So, we do provide initial text in the form of a single space, the legacy technologies should be happy (as I've never managed to get a straight answer to your question as to which user agents exactly, this has to remain in the realm of informed guessing) as they can "see" the input (if I understand the guideline correctly, ones without a default value are simply ignored...which is the reason this guideline was created in the first place), and the user is not unnecessarily burdened with having to delete the default text (which on long forms with a large number of inputs/textareas can become a real pain). Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk
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