Life Insurance Policies | New York Life

Love Takes Action | New York Life

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Helping people act on their love | New York Life Insurance

Our Story - Learn Why We're Here For You | New York Life

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File a Life Insurance Claim | New York Life

Retirement Income - Generate Income With Annuities | New York Life

Careers - Make a difference. Every Single Day. | New York Life

Premier Services - Wealth Protection | New York Life

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
Life Insurance Policies \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/products/life-insurance	9
Love Takes Action \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/who-we-are/love-takes-action	8
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.newyorklife.com/	4
Helping people act on their love \| New York Life Insurancewww.newyorklife.com/	4
Our Story - Learn Why We're Here For You \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/who-we-are/our-story	2
404 Error – Page Not Foundwww.newyorklife.com/invented-url-for-404-page	2
File a Life Insurance Claim \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/claims	2
Retirement Income - Generate Income With Annuities \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/products/annuities	2
Careers - Make a difference. Every Single Day. \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/careers	2
Premier Services - Wealth Protection \| New York Lifewww.newyorklife.com/products/premier-services	2

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