Question: placeholder label option

• From: Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@yahoo.com>
• Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:03:45 +0000 (UTC)
• To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <112777265.460929.1479841425379@mail.yahoo.com>

From HTML5 specs:
"A  placeholder label option  does not represent an actual option, but instead represents a label for the  select control.
If a  select  element has a  required  attribute specified, does not have a  multiple  attribute specified, and has a  display size  of 1, then the  select element must have a placeholder label option.
 placeholder - User-visible label to be placed within the form control"

Question: Should a placeholder label option as defined  above qualify as an accessible name for a SELECT control?
It says it is a "label for a select control".
Thanks,
Sailesh Panchang

Received on Tuesday, 22 November 2016 19:04:21 UTC