10.4 Re: Checkpoints 10.4 and 10.5

Hi Graham,

the rationale for this one was that there were assistive technology and
browser combinations that would skip over empty form controls. I am not
certain, but I believe that this is no longer an issue. I will ask the Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines group to address this question as fast as
possible.

cheers

Charles McCN

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Graham Oliver wrote:

  Checkpoint 10.4 states
  'Until user agents handle empty controls correctly,
  include default, place-holding characters in edit
  boxes and text areas.'

  Can anyone give me an indication of the usability
  consequences of not putting defaults into edit boxes.

Received on Wednesday, 30 May 2001 21:31:33 UTC