RAWeb 1.1
Form input field
Object of a form allowing the user to:
- Enter textual or pre-formatted data:
input type="text";input type="password";input type="search";input type="email";input type="number";input type="tel";input type="url";textarea.
- Select predefined values:
input type="checkbox";input type="radio";input type="date";input type="range";input type="color";input type="time";input type="month";input type="week";input type="datetime-local";select;datalist;optgroup;option.
- Download files:
input type="file".
- Or display results:
output;progress;meter.
- Tags with a WAI-ARIA role for rendering a form field are also covered by this definition:
progressbar;slider;spinbutton;textbox;listbox;searchbox;combobox;option;checkbox;radio;switch.
- The following WAI-ARIA form objects and roles are not considered to be form fields:
input type="submit";input type="reset";input type="hidden";input type="image";input type="button";button;- WAI-ARIA
role="button"attribute.
Where this term is used
3 accessibility criteria refer to this definition.
- 11.1 — Does each form input field have a label?
- 11.2 — Is each label associated with a form input field relevant (excluding special cases)?
- 11.3 — In each form, is each label associated with a form input field having the same function and repeated several times in the same page or in a set of web pages consistent?