March 7, 2004
JavaScript and Accessibilty? An Oxymoron, Surely?
Perhaps not, as Jim Byrne mulls in his article/weekly tip entitled ‘Use Javascript to add default text to input fields‘.
For as long as I can remember I’ve puzzled over whether or not to put in default characters in edit boxes and text areas in my web forms. On the one hand if I don’t my page will not will not pass Guideline 10.4, and will have no chance of WAI AAA compliance. Guideline 10.4 exists to ensure visitors using some older screen readers (which don’t recognize empty form fields) - can fill in web forms.