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Labels that live inside the field and vanish when you type

A label that vanishes when you start typing leaves guests with cognitive disabilities and screen-reader users unsure what the field was asking.

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Labels that live inside the field and vanish when you type

What it actually is

The modern trick where the field's label sits inside it and disappears the moment you start typing.

Who it shuts out

People with cognitive disabilities and screen-reader users lose track of what a now-blank field was even asking for — so they can't be sure what they're filling in.

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