[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19178: wp-login.php uses <label> without the associated for

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#19178: wp-login.php uses <label> without the associated for
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 Reporter:  ppaire         |       Owner:  nacin
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.3
Component:  Accessibility  |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch      |
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:5 ppaire]:
 > I was going off of what is claimed in the WCAG 2 standards, not based on
 personal experience with screen readers.

 Yes, as far as I could find that standard is a bit outdated and doesn't
 reflect the current state of most screenreaders (including the build-in
 the browsers screenreaders).

 Unfortunately as @nacin mentions having `<label for="id"><input id="id"
 /></label>` is somewhat common, that's why I didn't reopen the ticket. The
 problems we encountered was some time ago while working on the widgets
 screen: we had to remove the `for="..."` attributes from JS to make it
 work in all browsers.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19178#comment:8>
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