I gave a presentation at a conference for making learning accessible at Michigan State University. My presentation was a brief overview into how to make HTML forms more accessible to everyone.

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RYAN SCHROEDER

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BACKGROUND
▸ Overview
▸ Troubles with forms
▸ Why are forms important?

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INTRO TO HTML FORMS
▸ <form>
▸ declares the form for the browser
‣ action
‣ method
▸ <input>
‣ tells the browser what to show

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<INPUT>
▸ type=“ “
▸ sets the type of input field
▸ name=“ “
▸ name that gets submitted with the form
▸ value=“ “
▸ optional (but encouraged)
▸ <p> tag?

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GROUPING
▸ <fieldset>
▸ grouping of like objects
▸ <legend>
▸ the title for each different grouping

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LABELS
▸ <label> or aria-labelledby
▸ for=“”
▸ added to the label tag
▸ id=“”
▸ added to the input tag
▸ “Label for=“ must match id=“”

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REQUIRED ELEMENTS
▸ add “(required)”
▸ this is to be added in the label
▸ “required”
▸ to be added in the input tag
▸ aria-required=“true”
▸ to be added in the input tag

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THANK YOU