ADA compliance missing form label errors

  • Resolved theblackorean

    (@theblackorean)


    2 years, 7 months ago

    Hello! I posted this on the support forums https://forum.webcraftic.com/threads/missing-form-labels-ada-wcag-compliance.901 but wanted to do my due diligence in hopes that this will be seen and resolved as quickly as possible.

    I’ve been running ADA compliance scans across our websites using https://wave.webaim.org/ and there are currently 2 missing form label errors with the free version of this plugin (not sure about the paid version). Unfortunately these 2 errors show up on every single blog posts where comments are enabled – totaling over 1300+ errors.

    The errors are for the following to lines of code:
    <input type="text" name="wantispam_e_email_url_website" class="wantispam-control wantispam-control-e" value="" autocomplete="off">

    <input type="text" name="wantispam_q" class="wantispam-control wantispam-control-q" value="7.2.9" autocomplete="off">

    The client loves your plugin (as it is literally the only one that has worked for the amount of spam our client sees on a daily basis. We would love to see this issue fixed in a future release if possible.

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Author Temyk

    (@webtemyk)

    Hello.

    These fields are needed for checking for spam. We can’t add a label for them, as the fields must be completely hidden for the regular user.

    Thread Starter theblackorean

    (@theblackorean)

    Hello @webtemyk

    I completely understand that. Here is guidance from webaim.

    What To Do
    If a text label for a form control is visible, use the <label> element to associate it with its respective form control. If there is no visible label, either provide an associated label, add a descriptive title attribute to the form control, or reference the label(s) using aria-labelledby. Labels are not required for image, submit, reset, button, or hidden form controls.

    Since its intended to be hidden – can it be given a descriptive title attribute to the form control or reference label using aria-labelledby?

    Plugin Author Temyk

    (@webtemyk)

    Of course it is possible

    Thread Starter theblackorean

    (@theblackorean)

    Fantastic news. We hope to see it in a future update! Marking this as resolved. My team wanted me to reach out to you before extending your plugin functionality to include this ADA/WCAG compliance fix. I really appreciate your time. Thank you!

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