Contact us | Amplius | Get in touch | Amplius

Me and my home | Amplius

About us | Amplius | Amplius

New home | aftercare | Longhurst Group | Amplius

Buying your first home - Useful links | Amplius | Amplius

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Board members | Meet the Board | Amplius | Amplius

Welcome to Amplius | Amplius

Libra Treasury (Longhurst Group) | Amplius | Amplius

Our policies | Amplius

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
	Contact us \| Amplius \| Get in touch \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/contact-us/	5
	Me and my home \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/me-and-my-home/	5
	About us \| Amplius \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/about-us/	5
	New home \| aftercare \| Longhurst Group \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/me-and-my-home/aftercare/	5
	Buying your first home - Useful links \| Amplius \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/find-a-home/useful-links/	5
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.longhurst-group.org.uk/	5
	Board members \| Meet the Board \| Amplius \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/about-us/amplius-board/	5
	Welcome to Amplius \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/	5
	Libra Treasury (Longhurst Group) \| Amplius \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/about-us/libra-treasury/	5
	Our policies \| Ampliuswww.longhurst-group.org.uk/about-us/policies/	5

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