[thelist] why don't more sites use <label> tag?
Chris Cassell
chris at chriscassell.net
Mon Oct 22 08:11:41 CDT 2001
>>I can't figure out why more sites don't use the <label> tag.
>>Google doesn't even use it. Does <label> completely mess up some
>>browser I haven't seen?
>
>I was sufficiently interested to do some testing. It turns out that
>only Explorer does something with the LABEL tag, though presentation
>isn't messed up in other browsers.
Actually, Mozilla and NS6 mangle the <label> tag when used with css
of any sort. The effects range from causing the label to display
block--even when display is set to inline, to causing the label and
form element to not display at all, which totally defeats any
accessibility benefits gained by using <label>
Chris
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