About | Lake County, IL

Permits | Lake County, IL

Americans with Disabilities Act | Lake County, IL

About Us | Lake County, IL

Lake County, IL | Official Website

Calendar • Event Postponed: Your Community by the Numbers: I

Jobs | Lake County, IL

Calendar • Health & Community Services Committee

Website Disclaimer | Lake County, IL

To comply with WCAG 2.1, fields must identify what their purpose is _programmatically_. If done correctly,
this allows browsers to help users fill in forms with known information, such as their name and email address.

This is accomplished via the `autocomplete` attribute, which should be set to a 
[supported value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete) wherever
appropriate, e.g. 

```html
<label for="name">
  First Name
</label>
<input id="name" type="text" autocomplete="given-name">
```

For fields where `autocomplete` is not appropriate, e.g. due to security, or the field not matching the
specification, the specific field should be ignored.

## Methodology

* All fields which could support `autocomplete` (e.g. text fields)
  are checked. Other fields - like dropdown menus - are ignored.
* The [accessible name](https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/) of each field is considered. In most cases this
  will be the `<label>` for the field.
* If the name matches a known pattern the field 
  must have an appropriate `autocomplete` value specified.
  For example, an `<input>` with type `text` with a label of 
  "First Name" would be expected to have an autocomplete value 
  of `given-name` or similar.

Note that using `autocomplete="on"` is not sufficient to pass this check, a
specific named autocomplete value must be used. See the
[supported values](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete).

## Troubleshooting

If a field is a false positive, check whether the field has an 
appropriate accessible name (i.e. a `<label>` or `aria-label`).

If the label is incorrect, Silktide may assume that the field 
requires `autocomplete` where it does not. You should fix the 
label to avoid this.

Otherwise, you can simply ignore the specific field.

## More information

* [How to use HTML 5.2 attributes](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/html/H98)

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	Title / URL	Issues
	About \| Lake County, ILwww.lakecountyil.gov/31/About	5
	Permits \| Lake County, ILwww.lakecountyil.gov/3912/Permits	5
	Americans with Disabilities Act \| Lake County, ILwww.lakecountyil.gov/5225/Americans-with-Disabilities-Act	5
	About Us \| Lake County, ILwww.lakecountyil.gov/5023/About-Us	5
	Lake County, IL \| Official Websitewww.lakecountyil.gov//	5
	Lake County, IL \| Official Websitewww.lakecountyil.gov/	5
	Calendar • Event Postponed: Your Community by the Numbers: Iwww.lakecountyil.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=12618	5
	Jobs \| Lake County, ILwww.lakecountyil.gov/3252/Jobs	5
	Calendar • Health & Community Services Committeewww.lakecountyil.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=11948	5
	Website Disclaimer \| Lake County, ILwww.lakecountyil.gov/2906/Website-Disclaimer	5

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