Grouped fields with no accessible names Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

All fields in a group of input fields (for example phone numbers) need accessible names.

Help

Add a label element or title attribute for each field, and if required, use CSS to hide the label from sighted users.

Applicable standards

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

  • 6.46 Sep 2022 Removed, since this is detected by AccHtmlControlLabelMissing and AccAriaControlLabelMissing.
  • 5.37 May 2020 Fixed false positive.
  • 5.5 May 2014 Updated to April 2014 version of Techniques for WCAG 2.0.
  • 5.3 Sep 2013 Fixed false negative.
  • 4.1 Aug 2010 When a group of input fields (e.g. phone number parts) don’t all have labels, but first field does have a label, don’t complain about first field.
  • 3.5 Dec 2009 Don’t fire when members of the group have been labeled with title attributes.
  • 3.0 Dec 2008 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F86-1