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VBC-123: placeholder-as-label ​

warning

Category: ux-dx
Analysis: Regex (whole file)
File types: .html, .js, .ts, .tsx, .astro
Scope: source code only, ignoring anything inside strings and comments
Tags: ux accessibility

What it reports ​

Using placeholder as the only label at line {line} is bad for accessibility.

Flagged ​

html
<input
  type="email"
  placeholder="Email"
/>

Not flagged ​

html
<label for="email">Email</label>
<input id="email" placeholder="you@example.com" />

Pattern ​

regex
<input\b(?![^>]*(?:aria-label|aria-labelledby|\bid\s*=))[^>]*\bplaceholder\s*=

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