Re: proposed change: links inside label elements

hi James, see my earlier response:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2014Jan/0063.html

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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>


On 13 January 2014 17:39, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:

> Steve Faulkner wrote:
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> I propose to change the spec to disallow links in labels (i.e. make it an
> author conformance error).
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> I oppose this change. This is a common authoring practice; why force this
> to be invalid? For example:
>
> [checkbox] I agree to the [terms of service]
>
> Any assistive technology or engine that does not adequately support this
> pattern needs to be updated. The content pattern will stand whether or not
> we make it invalid, so doing so is pointless.
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>