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aria-placeholder attribute (aria)

Screen Reader support level: partial (19/22)

Voice Control support level: unknown

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About this feature

Defines a short hint (a word or short phrase) intended to aid the user with data entry when the control has no value. A hint could be a sample value or a brief description of the expected format.

Age of results

Results across all tests for this feature range from 3 years ago to 3 years ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.

Caution

Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 3 years ago. Consider running the associated tests and contributing results.

Expectations

What are expectations?

Screen Reader support by expectation

ExpectationJAWSNarratorNVDAOrcaTalkBackVoiceOver (iOS)VoiceOver (macOS)
ChromeEdgeFirefoxEdgeChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefoxChromeSafariSafari
MUST convey aria-placeholder for text field with no valuesupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedunknownsupportedsupportedsupported
MUST NOT convey aria-placeholder when (HTML attribute) placeholder is definedsupportedsupportednonesupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedunknownsupportedsupportedsupported
SHOULD contribute to the accessible namesupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedunknownsupportedsupportedsupported
MAY convey aria-placeholder for text field with valuenonenonenonesupportednonenonenoneunknownsupportednonenone

Voice Control support by expectation

ExpectationDragon Naturally SpeakingVoice Access (Android)Voice Control (iOS)Voice Control (MacOS)Windows Speech RecognitionWindows Voice Access
ChromeChromeSafariSafariEdgeChromeEdgeChrome
SHOULD contribute to the accessible nameunknownsupportedsupportednoneunknownunknownunknownunknown

Expectation: convey aria-placeholder for text field with no value

Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:

  • Screen Readers: MUST
  • Voice Control: NA

Examples:

  • Screen readers announce aria-placeholder when a labelled, empty text field receives focus
Screen Reader support for 'MUST convey aria-placeholder for text field with no value'
TestJAWSNarratorNVDAOrcaTalkBackVoiceOver (iOS)VoiceOver (macOS)
ChromeEdgeFirefoxEdgeChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefoxChromeSafariSafari
aria-placeholder test applied to: input[type="text"] elementsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedunknownsupportedsupportedsupported

Expectation: convey aria-placeholder when (HTML attribute) placeholder is defined

Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:

  • Screen Readers: MUST NOT
  • Voice Control: NA

Examples:

  • Screen reader should ignore aria-placeholder if placeholder (HTML attribute) has also been defined
Screen Reader support for 'MUST NOT convey aria-placeholder when (HTML attribute) placeholder is defined'
TestJAWSNarratorNVDAOrcaTalkBackVoiceOver (iOS)VoiceOver (macOS)
ChromeEdgeFirefoxEdgeChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefoxChromeSafariSafari
aria-placeholder test applied to: input[type="text"] elementsupportedsupportednonesupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedunknownsupportedsupportedsupported

Expectation: contribute to the accessible name

Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:

  • Screen Readers: SHOULD
  • Voice Control: SHOULD

Examples:

  • Screen readers should use aria-placeholder as the field name when no other labelling method is applied
  • Speech interfaces should use aria-placeholder to identify / activate a field when no other labelling method is applied
Screen Reader support for 'SHOULD contribute to the accessible name'
TestJAWSNarratorNVDAOrcaTalkBackVoiceOver (iOS)VoiceOver (macOS)
ChromeEdgeFirefoxEdgeChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefoxChromeSafariSafari
aria-placeholder test applied to: input[type="text"] elementsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedsupportedunknownsupportedsupportedsupported
Voice Control support for 'SHOULD contribute to the accessible name'
TestDragon Naturally SpeakingVoice Access (Android)Voice Control (iOS)Voice Control (MacOS)Windows Speech RecognitionWindows Voice Access
ChromeChromeSafariSafariEdgeChromeEdgeChrome
aria-placeholder test applied to: input[type="text"] elementunknownsupportedsupportednoneunknownunknownunknownunknown

Expectation: convey aria-placeholder for text field with value

Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:

  • Screen Readers: MAY
  • Voice Control: NA

Examples:

  • Screen readers may announce aria-placeholder when a labelled text field that contains a value receives focus
Screen Reader support for 'MAY convey aria-placeholder for text field with value'
TestJAWSNarratorNVDAOrcaTalkBackVoiceOver (iOS)VoiceOver (macOS)
ChromeEdgeFirefoxEdgeChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefoxChromeSafariSafari
aria-placeholder test applied to: input[type="text"] elementnonenonenonesupportednonenonenoneunknownsupportednonenone