RE: H65 updates

> If H65 is deleted, HTML forms can only meet SC 3.3.2 using visible labels.

Visual labels or instructions are required for SC 3.3.2 -- that is the very essence of the success criteria.  We allow for visual labels in several different ways including group labels or other controls such as a radio button's label that act as a label -- but visual labels or instructions are still required.    Perhaps some other aspects of the technique can be updated such as the test procedure.
	
Jonathan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Christophe Strobbe [mailto:strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de] 
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:41 AM
To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Subject: Re: H65 updates

Hi,

Detlev is right. H65 was specifically created for cases where " the visual design cannot accommodate the label" (as the description says).
If H65 is deleted, HTML forms can only meet SC 3.3.2 using visible labels. We should think about other ways to prevent abuse of H65 before removing it.

Best regards,

Christophe

On 12/06/2015 9:36, Detlev Fischer wrote:
> I don"t quite see the point in removing the reference to 3.3.2 (labels or instructions) in H65 because that is exactly the Success Criterion that the technique relates to. The critical bit is the qualification in H65  "when the label element cannot be used". On longer forms (as pointed out by Paul) it is perfectly possible to use visible labels, so H65 does not qualify. Still, there are contexts where H65 will meet SC 3.3.2 so the reference should stay in place.
>
> Detlev
>
> On 12 Jun 2015, at 06:03, james.nurthen@oracle.com wrote:
>
>> I agree. h65 is valid but doesn't let you meet 3.3.2 by itself.  
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We need to consider removing the reference to SC 3.3.2 from H65.
>>>  
>>> See this article
>>> http://pauljadam.com/demos/wcagh65invalid.html
>>>  
>>> H65
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H65.html
>>>  
>>> Jonathan
>>>  
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Avila
>>> Chief Accessibility Officer
>>> SSB BART Group
>>> jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com
>>>  


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