Yes/No radio buttons in fieldset
Accessibility Checkpoint
Description
Yes/No radio buttons inside fieldset element doesn’t work in some screen readers.
Help
Do not remove the FIELDSET since this makes the content less usable in most screen readers.
- JAWS 2021.2107.12 with FF 91 on Windows 10 when Tabbing: Each radio button is voiced twice
- JAWS 2020.2008.24 with FF 78 on Windows 10 when Tabbing: Each radio button is voiced twice
- WindowEyes 8.4 with IE11 on Windows 7 when Reading: Legend not read, no indication what buttons are in reading mode.
- VoiceOver macOS 10.10 with Safari 8.0.6 on macOS 10.10 when Tabbing: Legend not read - no indication of what Yes/No choices are for
- VoiceOver macOS 10.9 with Safari 7.0.3 on macOS 10.9 when Tabbing: Legend not read - no indication of what Yes/No choices are for
- VoiceOver iOS 9.1 with Safari iOS 9.1 on iOS 9.1 when Touch: No indication that each Yes/No is a pair of choices - all radio buttons announced as one of one.
- VoiceOver iOS 8.4 with Safari iOS 8.4 on iOS 8.4.1 when Touch: Legend not read - no indication of what Yes/No choices are for, and no indication that each Yes/No is a pair of choices.
- Dolphin SR 15.05 with IE11 on Windows 10 when Tabbing: Fieldset legend ignored, impossible to tell what the two Yes/No radio buttons are for.
- SaToGo 3.4.96.0 with IE11 on Windows 7 when Tabbing: Fieldset legend ignored, impossible to tell what the two Yes/No radio buttons are for.
Applicable standards
- Dolphin SR 15.05
- JAWS 2021.2107.12
- JAWS 2020.2008.24
- SaToGo 3.4.96.0
- VoiceOver macOS 10.10
- VoiceOver macOS 10.9
- VoiceOver iOS 9.1
- VoiceOver iOS 8.4
- WindowEyes 8.4
Change history
- 6.59 Dec 2025 Removed - user agent obsolete.
- 5.26 Jul 2017 Added.
This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.
Rule ID: AccCompat-fieldset-with-yes-no-radio-buttons