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

Applicable standards

  • JAWS 2021.2107.12
  • JAWS 2020.2008.24

Change history

  • 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