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- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:39:28 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16835
Summary: use of title attribute for instructions results in
inaccessible content
Product: HTML WG
Version: unspecified
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Windows NT
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
ReportedBy: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
public-html@w3.org
the spec suggests user agents use the title attribute for description strings
that may be displayed at any time. Due to user agents not implementing
'tooltips' accessible the content is not available to keyboard only users until
a incorrect pattern has been put in.
"When an input element has a pattern attribute specified, authors should
include a title attribute to give a description of the pattern. User agents may
use the contents of this attribute, if it is present, when informing the user
that the pattern is not matched, or at any other suitable time, such as in a
tooltip or read out by assistive technology when the control gains focus."
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-pattern
suggest adding authoring advice to mitigate this for example:
"authors should not rely on this method, also provide a description of the
pattern in text so that all users can have access to the information"
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Received on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 14:30:21 UTC