Re: aria alternative for fieldset legend

In a situation where the client refuses to have a legend and is relying on
the implicit context of the radio buttons themselves (though a legend
should have been present), I was hoping an aria attribute might work
instead of a legend or for that matter anything hidden (though now that I
think of it maybe I don't need anything at all since sighted users are at
the same disadvantage).

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Jim Thatcher <jim@jimthatcher.com> wrote:

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> What’s wrong with fieldset/legend? I don’t know of a well structured
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> Survey monkey (if I remember right) makes the “question” a heading and
> places a hidden copy of the question in front of the first answer control
> (radio button, checkbox). That way it is pretty easy to review the question
> and you certainly hear it as you tab through the form. This actually has an
> advantage over fieldset with which you hear the “question” in front of
> every “answer” control.****
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> *From:* adam solomon [mailto:adam.solomon2@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2012 8:03 AM
> *To:* WCAG
> *Subject:* aria alternative for fieldset legend****
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> How would I mark up a series of radio buttons (each with its own label
> for="id") but without a legend or fieldset - could I just add an aria-label
> attribute to the radio buttons or would that override the html label (or
> vice versa)?****
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> Thanks for any input****
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