Careers | MD, DC, VA Professional Development | Tower

Digital Banking | MD, DC, VA Mobile Banking App | Tower

Forms | MD, DC, VA Membership | Account Management | Tower

Page Not Found

Contact Us | MD, DC, VA Credit Union Member Services | Tower

Apply For A Loan | MD, DC, VA Loan Pre-Approval | Tower

Become A Member | MD, DC, VA Membership Benefits | Tower

Youth Accounts | MD, DC, VA Kid Savings Account | Tower

Sitemap

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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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April 2025

March 2025

Tower Credit Union

Title / URL	Issues
Careers \| MD, DC, VA Professional Development \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/about/careers	2
Digital Banking \| MD, DC, VA Mobile Banking App \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/banking/digital-banking	2
Forms \| MD, DC, VA Membership \| Account Management \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/forms	2
Page Not Foundwww.towerfcu.org/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Contact Us \| MD, DC, VA Credit Union Member Services \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/about/contact	2
Apply For A Loan \| MD, DC, VA Loan Pre-Approval \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/loans/apply-for-a-loan	2
Become A Member \| MD, DC, VA Membership Benefits \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/about/membership	2
Youth Accounts \| MD, DC, VA Kid Savings Account \| Towerwww.towerfcu.org/banking/youth-accounts	2
Sitemapwww.towerfcu.org/sitemap	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.towerfcu.org/	2

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