- From: <josh@interaccess.ie>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:15:16 +0000
- To: "Detlev Fischer" <detlev.fischer@testkreis.de>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, david100@sympatico.ca
<chair hat off> >Would it help the cognitive community if the label is always visible. I like the demo David :-) I couldn't see my clients wearing having to do that. On mobile, there are times when screen real estate is so sparse that at best you get an icon and placeholder text. I just don't think that would fly as a MUST, as best practice maybe. As long as it fits into the look and feel guidelines etc. My 2 cents Josh ------ Original Message ------ From: "Detlev Fischer" <detlev.fischer@testkreis.de> To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org; david100@sympatico.ca Sent: 06/01/2017 16:03:31 Subject: Re: Should we require labels to be always visible? >That's one way of doing it, but there will be others. So the >requirement might be EITHER have external visible label OR if using >placeholder, show label next to field after focussing field. >Note that some implementations keep the placeholder text visible even >after focussing (mostly grey text) until you start typing, which I >personally find confusing. Not sure whether some SC (COGA?) or >technique addresses this yet. > >David MacDonald schrieb am 06.01.2017 16:51: > >> >> Most of the sites I evaluate these days seem to have placeholder text >>for labels. An aria-label helps, but the label still disappears on >>focus or on clicking into the field. >> >> >> Would it help the cognitive community if the label is always visible. >>So for placeholder labels, should we require that the label appears >>near the field when the user clicks or tabs to the field? Like this? >> >> >> >>http://davidmacd.com/widgets/floating-label/floating-placeholder1.html >><http://davidmacd.com/widgets/floating-label/floating-placeholder1.html> >> >> >> Cheers, >> David MacDonald >> >> >> >> CanAdapt Solutions Inc. >> >> Tel: 613.235.4902 >> >> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> >> >> >> twitter.com/davidmacd <http://twitter.com/davidmacd> >> >> GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> >> >> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> >> >> >> >> Adapting the web to all users >> >> Including those with disabilities >> >> >> If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy >>policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> >> >> >
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