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Dear Xerte developers,

Hope you're well.

We used the template Interactivity > Documentation for the first time at the Open University Library and found that the text box wasn't labelled. We have labelled it as follows,


line 567 in /modules/xerte/parent_templates/Nottingham/models_html5/documentation.html

.attr('aria-label', 'Enter text: edit')

The activity is Organising your research using a timeline www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/beingdigi...emplate_id=375#page1 and the text box is on page 3 Researching the topic www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/beingdigi...emplate_id=375#page3

You may want to consider adding this code in the next Xerte version release.

Best wishes,
Geri

Hi Geri
on behalf of the dev team - thanks hope all is well with you too.
Also thanks we will add an aria-label to the text box field and it will be in the next release due soon.
That said a few comments:
Looking at your example and the type of response you are suggesting to the learners you might want to use the text area option instead which you'll see does get an aria-label of 'Answer'.
We would probably add 'Answer' as the label for the text box too unless you think that's not correct?
Also both have an optional property of Placeholder Text where you can add further guidance to either input.
Finally be very careful modifying the core files directly - it can make it very difficult to keep track of and maintain those changes when upgrading etc.
HTH
Ron

Many thanks for your quick response, Ron.

I think Answer sounds fine for the label. I will forward your guidance to our developer who is off this week.

I completely understand about not modifying core labels directly. This is the only one we've done and it will be noted for when the next version comes out. We are keeping to the standard version of Xerte.

Please note that if our developer has any queries it will be someone else who follows this up as I am leaving the OU on 1st June. It's been a pleasure working with you and the Xerte team.

Very best of the luck for the future.

Best wishes,
Geri

Hi Geri
thanks for confirming that 'Answer' sounds fine for the label. I'll commit that change shortly.
My comment about avoiding changing core code (not just labels) is simply that I know from experience it can be a real challenge keeping track and avoiding overwriting or reapplying, after an upgrade even when it's only one or two changes.

Good luck with whatever you are moving on to Geri it's been a pleasure working with you too.
BW
Ron