- From: Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:59:05 +0100
- To: "Gunderson, Jon R" <jongund@illinois.edu>
- Cc: PF <public-pfwg@w3.org>
If I recall correctly we don't care about old browsers, but do about current. But I could be wrong, so don't quote me on that. What version of Safari/OS X did you test with? —Michiel > On 13 Nov 2015, at 19:39, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu> wrote: > > How much do we care how the examples work with current assistive technologies? > > Here is the link with examples using both fieldset/legend and aria-labelledby to identify a grouping label that Jemma and put together earlier this week: > https://rawgit.com/a11ydoer/practices/master/examples/checkbox/checkbox-3.html > > > Fieldset/Legend technique for grouping label: > NVDA 2015.3 on Windows 10 with Firefox (version 42), Internet Explorer 11, Chrome (Version 46) > Grouping label not read for any browser > > Jaws 16 on Windows 10 with Firefox (version 42), Internet Explorer 11, Chrome (Version 46) > Grouping label read for all browsers > > VoiceOver on Safari and Firefox > Grouping label not read for either browser > > aria-labelledby technique for grouping label: > NVDA 2015.3 on Windows 10 with Firefox (version 42), Internet Explorer 11, Chrome (Version 46) > Grouping variable read for Firefox and Chrome, no label or grouping label read for IE 11 > > Jaws 16 on Windows 10 with Firefox (version 42), Internet Explorer 11, Chrome (Version 46) > Grouping label read for all browsers > > VoiceOver on Safari and Firefox > Grouping label read for both browsers > > Conclusions: > Using aria-labelledby provides much more consistent rendering of the grouping label than using fieldset/legend. > > My main question for the group is that in theory fieldset/legend is the way to use HTML5 native semantics for grouping labels, but is the lack of implementation a factor in using it in APG examples? > > Jon > >
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