Questions & Answers
How do autocomplete attributes affect web accessibility?
How do autocomplete attributes in a form affect web accessibility?
- autocomplete
- form
- form fields
How do I make inline status messages accessible?
How do I handle inline status messages on my form?
- aria
- form
- inline status messages
- status messages
Should I use a form landmark?
My page has a form, and I want people to find it easily. Should it be in a form landmark? Is there any reason not to add a form landmark?
- form
- landmarks
- user experience
When should I use autocomplete attributes?
If the user is expected to be entering information about someone else into a form, do the form inputs still need autocomplete values?
- autocomplete
- form
- form fields
- forms
What are the differences between label, aria-label, aria-labelledby and aria-describedby?
There appear to be several ways to put a label on items in order for them to be accessible for users of screen readers or other assistive technologies. Which method of labeling should I use?
- accessible name
- aria
- aria attributes
- aria-label
- form
- form input labels
- form labels
- forms
- html
- label
When should I use required vs. aria-required?
In a form field, when should I use required vs. aria-required?
- aria
- aria attributes
- form
- html
Is there a form element meant to provide instruction?
I know how to add labels to form inputs to 'label' what they are. I am wondering if there is something similar for describing what a field is in more details? I want to there to be little text under a text field but don't...
- best practices
- form
- html
What is an orphaned form label?
When using the Wave Scanner to repair my website I saw the warning "Orphaned Form Label", with the description was “a form label is present but it is not correctly associated with a form control”. What is this?
- form
- html