Re: label vs aria-labelledby

Thanks Steve and Jonathan,

I like the wording in the Editor's Draft a lot more. It gives much
more explicit guidance whereas the Working Draft is much more
ambiguous.

Greg


On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Avila
<jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> wrote:
> From: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-practices/
>> The aria-labelledby property can be used to label all visual objects,
> however it should be noted that (X)HTML provides a @for attribute on the
> label element which is used to label form controls. Use this attribute
> where possible and valid. Because the aria-labelledby attribute accepts
> multiple IDREFs, it is recommended that authors use aria-labelledby for
> labeling elements that require more than one label string.
>
> I would use the label element where possible first based on my read of the
> authoring guidelines.
>
> Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Kraus
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:03 AM
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: label vs aria-labelledby
>
> Hi All,
>
> In 4.1.1 Labelling
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#relations_labeling
>
> It says, "It should be noted that (X)HTML provides a <label for>
> element which you can use to label form controls. For all visual
> objects, including (X)HTML form elements, you should use the WAI-ARIA
> aria-labelledby property for labeling."
>
> Does this mean that in all cases for forms we should be using
> aria-labelledby to properly label input elements even when
> aria-labelled by is not needed? If so, does that mean we need to use
> both the label element and the aria-labelledby attribute? Currently,
> if you use both the label and aria-labelled by, JAWS speaks the label
> twice. It is the only major screen reader that has this behavior - all
> of the others only speak the label once.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Greg
>
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>

Received on Monday, 27 June 2011 14:38:59 UTC