Re: proposed change: links inside label elements

On Jan 13, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

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

Quoting the earlier response:
>>> for the non link text the control can still be activated, so maybe only
>>> needs to restrict case where label text is wholly contained with a link:
>>> 
>>> <label>
>>>   <input type="checkbox" />
>>> <a href="tos.html">I agree to the terms of service for using this product.
>>> </label></a>

I don’t think this is necessary either. Mouse and touch users should still be able to activate the check box by clicking on on the rendered control. Keyboard and assistive technology users should still be able to activate the checkbox by selecting it when it has focus. 

I think in most cases it would probably be a usability issue to include a link that surrounds the entire contents of a label (add a warning, perhaps), but not a validity error.


> On 13 January 2014 17:39, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:
> Steve Faulkner wrote: 
>> I propose to change the spec to disallow links in labels (i.e. make it an author conformance error).
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
>

Received on Monday, 13 January 2014 19:49:25 UTC