- From: <lguarino@adobe.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:42:50 -0800
- To: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Cc: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, "'WAI WCAG List'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> The purpose, (a submit button) is abundantly clear, both > explicitly (through the HTML code) and implicitly (its > position within the form) so no need to put that in the > Alt text. > > The Alt text should be the purpose of the form. You > provided good examples as "search" or "find". Other > examples could be "purchase" or "renew license". > > I propose modifying test 59 so it reads: "INPUT element > with type of "image" must have Alt text that identifies the > purpose or function of the form." (This only applies to > images that don't have text in them.) Chris, just for clarification, we aren't asserting that the only buttons on a forms are submit buttons, are we ? Only that your proposed technique just applies to submit buttons? For instance, I have seen forms that contain Reset buttons as well as Submit buttons. Loretta
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