Accessibility of disabled placeholders in dropdown

1. Is placeholder text accessible?
2. How to set placeholder for dropdown?
3. Do screen readers read placeholder?
4. How to add placeholder in dropdown in HTML?

Is placeholder text accessible?

Assistive technologies, such as screen readers, do not treat placeholder text as labels.

How to set placeholder for dropdown?

Answer: Use the disabled and selected Attribute

There is no attribute like input's placeholder for select box dropdown. However, you can create similar effect by using the HTML disabled and selected attribute on a <option> element that has empty value.

Do screen readers read placeholder?

Screen readers such as JAWS and NVDA do not read placeholder text, it's a visual addition only. However, if you're providing important information visually (such as format for data entry) there is no reason you shouldn't be conveying this information to screen reader users as well.

How to add placeholder in dropdown in HTML?

First, you need to create your select items with the help of the <option> tag. Then, set the disabled and selected attributes for your empty element, which is supposed to be the placeholder. Now, you can see that the first line is like a placeholder field.