RE: Is the <form> tag mandatory?

> If no one has yet indicated this, many screen readers need the FORM tag in order to process the input fields and associated LABEL attributes correctly.

Can you provide some examples and assistive technologies where this is currently an issue?

Jonathan


-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Pyatt [mailto:ejp10@psu.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:34 PM
To: Christophe Strobbe
Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: Is the <form> tag mandatory?

If no one has yet indicated this, many screen readers need the FORM tag in order to process the input fields and associated LABEL attributes correctly.

Elizabeth
> On Oct 27, 2016, at 11:42 AM, Christophe Strobbe <strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> According to the HTML5 specification, the both the start tag and the 
> end tag of the form element are mandatory:
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#the-form-element>.
> 
> On 27/10/2016 16:36, Mohammad, Ashraf wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> Form submission earlier was done only using the "action", "method- get or post" and button type "submit" within the <form> tags:
>> <form action="login.asp" method="get">  <fieldset>
>>    <legend>Login</legend>
>>    <label> Username: <input type="text" name="username"/></label>
>>    <label> Password: <input type="text" name="password"/></label>
>>    <input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
>>      </fieldset>
>> </form>
> 
> Not all form controls are grouped with fieldsets.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christophe
> 
>> Forms submission are commonly handled using ajax these days. Submit button has a onClick function which handle the submission.
>> <fieldset>
>>    <legend>Login</legend>
>>    <label> Username: <input type="text" name="username"/></label>
>>    <label> Password: <input type="text" name="password"/></label>
>>    <button  onclick="Submit()">Submit</button>
>> </fieldset>
>> So do we still be need to add the Form tag ? and does it help the screenreaders? Or <fieldset>  with proper labels and inputs elements suffice and are accessible in themselves.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Ashraf
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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