Re: Required input. HTML attribute and plain "required" text in label results in duplication for AT. Hide one?

Thank you Adam, Guy, Marc and Patrick.

On balance I am sure now that I should use the aria-hidden to avoid the repetition. But clearly advances in AT will, in time, tackle this more holistically and remove the need for such a workaround (I hope I am not  being overly optimistic there).

It was especially helpful indeed to hear, Adam, that a measure such as this is actually valuable.


Regards,

Alan
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Web Developer / Développeur Web
Elections Canada / Élections Canada
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BTW, when I said "hidden" text, that was a mistake of course. The "required" in the label element isn't hidden, as Adam pointed out - thanks! I was concentrating too much on the attribute and not enough on the label. A case of the left typing fingers not knowing what the right ones were doing!