RE: How the W3C Text Alternative Computation Works

Steve,

Where is the best place to find which controls should be included and excluded from accessible name and description calculations?

Jon




From: Steve Faulkner [mailto:faulkner.steve@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:39 AM
To: Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu>
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Subject: Re: How the W3C Text Alternative Computation Works


On 22 December 2015 at 14:37, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu<mailto:jongund@illinois.edu>> wrote:
In this example the div also contains the INPUT element being labeled, so the value of the INPUT element is value attribute supposed to be excluded or included in the accessible name calculation?

hi Jon, the value attribute is not used in accessible name calculation for input type=text

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Regards

SteveF
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