Re: Placeholder attribute an accessible name?

Sailesh writes:

> Developers tasked with making content accessible  should not
ordinarily delve into the depths of  the accessible name computation
algorithm and rely on  less preferred fallback mechanisms to compute a
name for an element.

+100!!!

JF


On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 8:22 AM Sailesh Panchang <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>
wrote:

> The HTML spec cannot be clearer and more explicit when it says:
> "The placeholder attribute represents a short hint (a word or short
> phrase) intended to aid the user with data entry when the control has
> no value. ... The placeholder attribute should not be used as an
> alternative to a label."
> The accessibility naming rules  list attributes by order of
> preference. The items that occur later in the list are less preferred
> and simply meant as a fallback for AT users to help their users when
> good markup is absent.
> Developers tasked with making content accessible  should not
> ordinarily delve into the depths of  the accessible name computation
> algorithm and rely on  less preferred fallback mechanisms to compute a
> name for an element.
> Thanks,
> --
> Sailesh Panchang
> Customer Success Strategist and Principal Accessibility Consultant
> Deque Systems Inc
> 381 Elden Street, Suite 2000, Herndon,
> VA 20170
> Mobile: 571-344-1765
>


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