Once upon a time Tony Sanders shaped the electrons to say... >Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet writes: >> Why? The closing tag would be ignored by all current browsers, >> and they would not render the accompanying text as clickable label, >> but that's what you can expect on non-supporting browsers. >Right, that's why I said **it's obviously too late** for modifying <INPUT>. You missed his point. It is NOT too late to modify INPUT. Making it a container now will not break older browsers. They just won't make the text clickable. Fine. They'd do the same thing with a new element. Moving forward it is just as easy for them to make INPUT as container as it is to add a new element. Easier really. >This would also be a huge win for users with visual disabilities >because there would be a way of connecting information to the >checkbox or radiobutton that it is "labeling". That information >is currently lacking from HTML forms and yet it is present in almost There are already ways to do that - table cells for example. -MZ -- Livingston Enterprises - Chair, Department of Interstitial Affairs Phone: 800-458-9966 510-737-2100 FAX: 510-737-2110 megazone@livingston.com For support requests: support@livingston.com <http://www.livingston.com/> Snail mail: 4464 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588Received on Friday, 12 September 1997 19:48:42 GMT
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