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@SaraSoueidan@front-end.social

2026-03-21 17:15 UTC

Hey friends #lazyWeb, Have you come across any forms that don't have a visible label or title that describes what the purpose of the form is? Do you have any examples you can share? Links? Thank you!

Replies (5)

  • @janus@norden.social 2026-03-21 17:34

    @SaraSoueidan Google doesn't seem to have any explanation for the search input field

    Open ##2008301

  • @darrell73@mastodon.online 2026-03-21 17:59

    @SaraSoueidan @prism Hmm. I thought that was like almost all of them?

    Open ##2008303

  • @SaraSoueidan The password reset form on Mastodon doesn't have a heading: https://mastodon.social/auth/password/new But I fixed it last week so it won't stay like this for much longer. :⁠-⁠)

    Open ##2008306

  • @AmeliaBR@front-end.social 2026-03-21 20:07

    @SaraSoueidan So you're specifically talking about a heading/label for the form as a whole? Something like a log-in form or an email newsletter subscription form where there's just the fields and then the call to action ("sign up", etc.) as the text on the submit button? I see someone else mentioned search forms, which I think are the most common unlabelled form, and you mentioned that there are specific roles for search now. But I don't know if AT by default looks at submit button text.

    Open ##2008308

  • @knowler@sunny.garden 2026-03-21 20:43

    @SaraSoueidan Maybe a common one would like posting on a social media site? Placeholder labels are quite common for that (e.g. Bluesky “What’s up?”). Those usually seem to open as a dialog though.

    Open ##2008311