I did find that the HTML Living Standard explicitly says the placeholder attribute should not be used as an alternative to a label, but that's not WCAG, so yeah ^^'
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Yes and the HTML spec is actually referenced in WCAG on that exact point. But then it goes on to say that a label in that Success Criterion is not the same as a <label> and ruins it! 🤣
I covered that in 2.5.3 as it amazed me that it was so close to being definitive and then back tracked on it!
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I did find that the HTML Living Standard explicitly says , but that's not WCAG, so yeah ^^'
Yes and the HTML spec is actually referenced in WCAG on that exact point. But then it goes on to say that a label in that Success Criterion is not the same as a
<label>and ruins it! 🤣I covered that in 2.5.3 as it amazed me that it was so close to being definitive and then back tracked on it!