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When adding a description on fieldset, radiogroup, checkboxgroup it is added to the fieldset element using an aria-describedby. This is not standard HTML, and not well supported by browsers/screen readers.
Firefox and chrome/VoiceOver: Ignores description
Safari/VoiceOver: Overwrites all aria-descibedby inside the fieldset.
NVDA/chrome: Works as excpected
We have not yet tested with JAWS
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:
Febakke
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Description inside fieldset is not supported by screen readers
aria-describedby connected to fieldset is not supported by screen readers
Sep 6, 2024
I a fieldset has a related error message, the aria-describedby be set to all child inputs and point to the same message component. Note that the error message ID should then be placed before the ID pointing to the inputs individual description (aria-describedby="id-of-fieldset-error id-of-input-description" is well supported)
When adding a description on
fieldset
,radiogroup
,checkboxgroup
it is added to thefieldset
element using anaria-describedby
. This is not standard HTML, and not well supported by browsers/screen readers.Firefox and chrome/VoiceOver: Ignores description
Safari/VoiceOver: Overwrites all
aria-descibedby
inside the fieldset.NVDA/chrome: Works as excpected
We have not yet tested with JAWS
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: