[thelist] labels are part of the tab-order in Mac IE

Chris Price chris.price at choctaw.co.uk
Fri Apr 15 14:30:33 CDT 2005


On 15/4/05 5:44 pm, "Sarah Sweeney" <mr.sanders at designshift.com> wrote:

> I'm working on this form:
> http://tinyurl.com/9zvlh
> And I've been told that, in Mac IE, if you are tabbing between the
> fields, you also have to tab over the labels - i.e. to tab from the
> first name field to the last name field, you have to tab once to the
> label and again to the field.
> 
> 1) Can someone with Mac IE confirm this for me?
> 
> 2) If it is confirmed, what happens if you just tab to the label and
> start typing - does it enter the text into the field anyway?
> 
> 3) If the answer to #2 is no (it doesn't just enter the text into the
> field) - does anyone know any way to avoid this? I guess putting a
> tabindex on the labels won't (shouldn't) work, and I don't want to screw
> up the accessibility of the form by putting tabindexes on the form fields.


I tried accessing that url with no success but I've played about with a form
on my Mac using IE5.2

1. Yes I can confirm this.

2. With the label highlighted you can enter a value. Pressing the tab again
highlights the filled-in field.

3. Adding tabindexes stops the labels from being highlighted.

I would put IE5.2(Mac) at the bottom of your to do list. Certainly don't get
IE(Mac) working at the expense of other browsers.

-- 
Chris Price

Choctaw

chris.price at choctaw.co.uk
http://www.choctaw.co.uk




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