Re: proposed change: links inside label elements

What is idea of making an interactive element under the label as the author
mistake? Presumably it won't stop the author from doing this? Shouldn't it
be legalized instead?
Alexander.


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>wrote:

> Currently the HTML spec allows links to be inside label elements [1]:
>
> example:
>
> <label for="test">
> <a href="http://google.com">google</a></label>
>
>
> <input id="test" type="checkbox">
>
> This is problematic because the standard behaviour for a label that is associated with a control is that when
>
>
> clicked/pressed it activates the control (in the example case would check/uncheck the checkbox), but when as in the example
>
> the label includes a link, clicking /pressing the label activates the link not the control.
>
>
> I propose to change the spec to disallow links in labels (i.e. make it an author conformance error).
>
> current text:
>
> Content model:Phrasing content, but with no descendant* labelable *elements
>> [2] unless it is the element's labeled control, and no descendant labelelements.
>
>
> proposed text:
>
> Content model:Phrasing content, but with no descendant* interactive *elements
>> [3] unless it is the element's labeled control, and no descendant labelelements.
>
>
>  [1]
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/forms.html#the-label-element
> [2]
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/forms.html#labelable-elements
> [3]
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#interactive-content-0
>
> feedback welcome!
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>