Pretty positive we can have labels in the code for accessibility purposes without to actually displaying them on screen, will research.
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On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Daniel Friesen daniel@nadir-seen-fire.comwrote:
On 2013-05-31 5:37 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
Instead of worrying about 50 shades of grey for label and placeholder
text, Jared asked "Why have both placeholders and labels"?
IMHO:
- A label identifies what a field is for, even after text is placed
inside of it.
- A placeholder gives an example of field content.
These are somewhat opposed. A further way of looking at it is to imagine a long form fully filled out -- how do you verify, as a user, if you've filled it out correctly if the labels are no longer visible (because you've filled in the field).
On mobile, for short well known forms: e.g. password forms; there might be an argument. But I would certainly rather not see this as the default.
~Matt Walker Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Technology Team
Labels are also readable by screen readers. Something I'm not so sure about on placeholders.
~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://danielfriesen.name/]
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