Information and Things to Do | Obion County, Tennessee

Hospitals & Healthcare Services | Obion County, TN

Troy, TN | Historic Charm & Community Spirit in Obion County

Local Resources in Obion County, TN | Contractors, Child Care & More in Union City, TN

Outdoor Recreation | Visit & Play in Obion County, TN

Resources for Living in Obion County, TN

Best Places to Live | Obion County, Tennessee

Search Website

Relocate to Obion County, TN | Community, Careers & Quality Living

Tornado, Flooding, and Natural Disaster Relief | Obion County, TN

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
	Information and Things to Do \| Obion County, Tennesseeobioncounty.org/	2
	Hospitals & Healthcare Services \| Obion County, TNobioncounty.org/live/healthcare	2
	Troy, TN \| Historic Charm & Community Spirit in Obion Countyobioncounty.org/live/major-towns/troy	2
	Local Resources in Obion County, TN \| Contractors, Child Care & More in Union City, TNobioncounty.org/live/resources-oc	2
	Outdoor Recreation \| Visit & Play in Obion County, TNobioncounty.org/visit/play/outdoor-rec	2
	Resources for Living in Obion County, TNobioncounty.org/live	2
	Best Places to Live \| Obion County, Tennesseeobioncounty.org/live/major-towns	2
	Search Websiteobioncounty.org/search	2
	Relocate to Obion County, TN \| Community, Careers & Quality Livingobioncounty.org/live/relocation	2
	Tornado, Flooding, and Natural Disaster Relief \| Obion County, TNobioncounty.org/live/disaster-relief	2

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