On 30/04/2015 3:16 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
It's possible to have a name and description and placeholder.
True, but it's also possible to have multiple other things which would
normally get mapped to name or description. That's why we have
precedence rules. :)
Beyond that, because the placeholder is the displayed text when the
input element lacks a value, an AT might wish to present the placeholder
only when there is not a value. In other words, provide the same
experience sighted users have. In order to do that, the AT needs to know
it's a placeholder. Exposing it as the description -- without also
exposing it as the placeholder -- prevents ATs from being able to do that.
Good point. There's an alternative, though: the UA could expose it as a
description only if there is no value. Once there is a value, it isn't
exposed. If the value is cleared, it gets exposed again.
Jamie
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