[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9445: All Input Tags are not Section 508 Compliance

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#9445: All Input Tags are not Section 508 Compliance
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 Reporter:  dmo7            |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  task (blessed)  |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Accessibility   |      Version:  2.7      
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch 508   |  
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Changes (by Elpie):

 * cc: Elpie (added)


Comment:

 ALT text should not be used on inputs at all.

 Care also needs to be taken with labelled fields. Using the class="hidden"
 doesn't just make the label hidden to standard browser output but also
 hides it from most assistive devices, essentially meaning that a lot of
 work is being done in WordPress with the intention of aiding accessibility
 but which is not.

 Anything using CSS display:none is not discovered or spoken by screen
 readers.

 For example the excerpt is a labelled field, but the label is hidden with
 CSS "display:none". This makes the label non-existent to Jaws. There's
 also no title attribute for Jaws to recognise.

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