- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:22:41 -0500
- To: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Hi Jim and all, Regarding the placeholder attribute, it is problematic. It shouldn't be used as an alternative to a label. As HTML 5.1 [1] says it reduces accessibility and usability for people with and without disabilities. I've put together a Wiki page of references at: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Placeholder_Research The browser default contrast usually provides insufficient contrast. This is why not too long ago the WCAG WG added Note 3 to the Understanding doc. [2] I am wondering if we need an SC to specifically say something such as: "Placeholder text is not relied on for meaning. If it is used, it only provides an input suggestion hint." Then we could have a Failure Technique as well as a Technique that uses a programmatic label and visually makes it appear as a placeholder [3]. Kindest Regards, Laura [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html51/semantics.html#the-placeholder-attribute [2] https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Placeholder_Research#Contrast_.28Minimum.29:_Understanding_SC_1.4.3 [3] https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Placeholder_Research#Accessible_Solution_for_HTML5_Placeholders On 6/21/16, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote: > https://medium.com/shopify-ux/in-plain-sight-5639c9afb4c6#.svh8t14bi > > thoughts? > > -- > Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator > Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired > 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 > voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ > "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 > -- Laura L. Carlson
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