[thelist] Is this a list?

aardvark evolt at roselli.org
Tue Sep 27 09:02:03 CDT 2005


On 27 Sep 2005 at 9:23, Ian Anderson wrote:

> aardvark wrote:
> 
> > except IE blows that away by not properly supporting it...
> 
> Sorry, but IE on Windows supports label with for="id" absolutely fine. 
> What issues are you referring to?

you are correct as long as a 'for' attribute is included... i was not 
clear, but what i was referring to was using the <label> to wrap both 
the form element and its text without the 'for' attribute...

and somewhat related, IE/win does not dig using an <img> within a 
<label>, it just won't work properly... 

> > also, if you do wrap the form element and its label text within the 
> > <label>, the id is no longer necessary -- it's implied...
> 
> The reason for adding the for="id" is that without it - even if the form 
> control is nested inside the label - IE Win does not make the label 
> clickable.
[...]

that was my initial point, just poorly worded...

another note about <label> is that many people will often use them on 
<select>s, which in IE, has the unfortunate tendency to reset the 
value to its initial value...

i have found through testing that this can be a big problem for 
accessibility when users are tabbing through forms...

so, there some nearly useful info to make up for my not-so-clear post 
from earlier...

damn karma...



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