- From: Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:39:53 -0400
- To: public-html@w3.org
In http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Sep/0375.html
Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 3) Lachlan Hunt points out two possible problems
> with using <label>:
> 3.a) It may interfere with assistive technology
> to have labels that don't contain a form
> control and are not associated with a form
> control via "for". Neither of us was sure if
> this would be a real problem.
For JAWS, from their website,
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.cfm?QC=565
In particular, the first question
... Is there an optimal way for me to label
form fields for accessibility?
A: Yes, use explicit labels or title attributes.
Do not use implicit labels. For example:
<label for=fname>First Name</label>
<input id=fname name=fname type=text>
-OR-
<input title="First Name" type=text>
Avoid the implicit method shown in this example:
<label>
First Name
<input type=text>
</label>
I also note that the windows-eyes support group did not second this,
and said it was probably just a quirk of JAWS.
-jJ
Received on Tuesday, 18 September 2007 18:40:09 UTC