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input
element, type
of "text", must have default text.Copyright 2005, ATRC, University Of Toronto, All Rights Reserved. W3C liability, trademark, document use and software licensing rules apply.
This test case was created by the ATRC at the University Of Toronto. It should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.
The complete list of tests may be found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/
Comments on this test may be made to the WCAG mailing list.
As part of the conformance test process, this test has a status of 'rejected'.
This test is not required for conformance to the current WCAG2. It is provided for discussion and informational purposes only.
There are no techniques related to this test.
There are no prerequisite tests for this test.
input
elements that have a type
attribute value of "image".alt
attribute value of the input
element.alt
attribute value is expected to be different from common placeholder values.alt
attribute value or confirm that the current alt
attribute value is appropriate for the image.Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.
These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test. They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test. Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.
input
element, type
of text, missing default text.)
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #63 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="http://somesite.com/prog/adduser" method="post">
<label for="name">Name</label>: <input type="text" name="name" id="name">
<input type="submit" value="Send"></form>
</form>
</body>
</html>
input
element, type
of text, contains default text.)
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #63 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="http://somesite.com/prog/adduser" method="post">
<label for="name">Name</label>: <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="your name here">
<input type="submit" value="Send"></form>
</form>
</body>
</html>