I'm auditing a form that uses the current values a user has stored in the database as "place holder" text. When a user starts typing these values disappear.
I understand that place holder text is considered directions or important information to convey formatting information and that the current values being displayed is not place holder. It functions like place holder text though. My concern is that if users with cognitive disabilities forget what value they had they will have to perform a page refresh or navigate to the previous page to get back what they had before.
My question is, Am I wrong to tell developers that this type of "place holder" text should not be used to display the values a user currently has?
They look like the following :
[Blue - Description: Blue repopulated database value.]Color *
[Blue - Description: Edit field for color]
[Cat - Description: Cat prepopulated database value]Name *
[Edit field for name]
Thanks in advance,
Angela Savage
Accessibility Auditor
Office of Information Technology Services
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