[thelist] accessible way to indicate that a form field is required

[Barney Carroll]

Max Schwanekamp wrote:
> I'm leaning toward putting in a span with text 
> "required" and then putting it off-left (position: absolute; left: 
> -9999em) with CSS, and styling the label with a bold font for visual 
> users.  Though this will probably require slightly more maintenance.

The problem remains, for perfectly sighted users with fully compliant 
up-to-date browsers with all the bells and whistles, bold is indeed a 
common indication of emphasis, but doesn't spell out required.

If input is required, you should specifically state so - for all users. 
The common practice for this (which I have no problem with) is to write 
"Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required" followed by fields 
marked with asterisks.

If it ain't broke...

Regards,
Barney