- From: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 18:01:45 +0200
- To: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
On Friday 09 May 2008 19:09, Andrew Fedoniouk wrote: > Bert Bos wrote: > > Andrew Fedoniouk wrote: > >> Speaking about functions. set-focus() for example can be useful > >> for implementing <label for> functionality but for any type of > >> element. > > > > Setting focus to some element in a Web page is a bad idea. It > > means that the keyboard works differently depending on whether the > > page has a focusable element or not. > > Bert, I am not sure I understand you well here. > In my sample I've reproduced standard functionality of <label for>. > It is not anyhow different from what UA already do. In that case I misunderstood you. I'm only talking about the *initial* focus. Current browsers don't set the focus on opening a page and that should remain so.(*) The <label> element doesn't change where the focus goes, it just enlarges the clickable area of a form control. That functionality is quite useful. (*) There is one exception: lynx. And it's very frustrating :-( Bert -- Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/people/bos W3C/ERCIM bert@w3.org 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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