[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40462: Add placeholders to wp_login_form()

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#40462: Add placeholders to wp_login_form()
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 Reporter:  ramiy                    |       Owner:  voldemortensen
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:
Component:  Login and Registration   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion    |     Focuses:  accessibility,
  close                              |  template
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Changes (by dd32):

 * keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion => has-patch 2nd-opinion close


Comment:

 After reviewing this ticket, I agree with @afercia and @pento on this one.

 Put simply, placeholders are not a viable replacement for labels (although
 I admit are used as such in many forms, often badly) especially given the
 accessibility concerns raised.

 Looking at [attachment:40462.5.patch], given it requires custom code to be
 written and there's a bunch of workarounds posted here, there doesn't seem
 to be a good reason to even add support to core to me (which WordPress
 itself wouldn't use in the name of accessibility).

 I personally find the [https://wordcamp.org/wp-login.php  WordCamp.org
 login screen] to be the best example of how to provide extra contextual
 login details to end users, it does this by adding information prior to
 the login fields which explains what accounts to use. A short paragraph
 will always be more useful to an end-user than 2-3 words in a form field
 which disappear after focus..

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