[thelist] Is this a list?

[Jeff Howden]

Aardvark,

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> From: aardvark
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> > > 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...
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An explicit binding is better than an implicit one though, whether for
browsers or future maintenance.

Honestly, I can't think of a time/place where I'd ever want to specifically
use an implicit binding where an explicit one wouldn't get the job done just
as well (browser support aside).

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> and somewhat related, IE/win does not dig using an <img>
> within a <label>, it just won't work properly... 
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Oh, but it *can* work, if you just tell it what to do.

http://jeffhowden.com/code/javascript/label_img/

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> 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...
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Though I can't check this as I'm on the train right now, I believe that if
you validate a document with a <label> bound to a <select>, the validator
will throw an error.

 [>] Jeff Howden
     jeff at jeffhowden.com
     http://jeffhowden.com/