[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56776: form label missing in profile page

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#56776: form label missing in profile page
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 Reporter:  smit08                   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  6.2
Component:  Users                    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshot has-      |     Focuses:  accessibility,
  patch needs-testing                |  administration
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Comment (by ryokuhi):

 As suggested today during the accessibility team's weekly bug scrub, a
 possible solution might be to add `type="hidden"` to the unlabelled
 `input` field, in case we can't remove it.

 As defined in the HTML specification, when in the
 [https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#hidden-
 state-(type=hidden) hidden-state],
 > The `input` element represents a value that is not intended to be
 examined or manipulated by the user.

 An `input` with the `type="hidden"` attribute isn't labelable, so this
 would solve the issue altogether.

 I'm writing a patch for this, so that it can be tested. As suggested by
 @sabernhardt,
 > The password fields already have `new-password`, so we would need to
 test in a browser that ignores it. [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Web/Security/Securing_your_site/Turning_off_form_autocompletion#the_autocomplete_attribute_and_login_fields
 See MDN docs]
 Having a look at the the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete#browser_compatibility
 autocomplete compatibility table on MDN], such a browser might be Safari.

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