[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15080: Comment Form Should use HTML5 input types for better accessibility

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#15080: Comment Form Should use HTML5 input types for better accessibility
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 Reporter:  jorbin                           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                           |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Accessibility                    |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch twentythirteen commit  |
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Comment (by esmi):

 semantically, it's really bad practice
 No - it isn't. The spec actually says" The label element may contain at
 most one descendant input element". The keywords being "at least one". It
 is perfectly valid to have more than 1 label attached to a form control.
 The "Your email address..." line applies directly to the email input. The
 "your are logged in as" line should, logically, be associated to the Name
 input whilst the allowed tags content needs to be associated with the
 textarea.

 '''All''' text within form tags '''must''' be within labels - otherwise SR
 users will be forced to make 2 passes (one on forms mode, the other in
 virtual cursor/reading mode). That, of course, assumes that the users are
 even aware that there is plain text in the form. Most will have no idea
 that this additional, informational, content is present as most SRs enter
 forms mode automatically on hitting the form tag or the first form
 control.

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