Re: aria alternative for fieldset legend

Adam, 

You can also use role=group which is the more direct mapping to fieldset/legend in a more generic situation where you can have controls of different types within the group. 

<p id="question">I am the question text?</p> 
<div role="group" aria-labelledby="question"> 
<input ... > 
... 
</div> 

Regards, 
James 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: adam.solomon2@gmail.com 
To: jared@webaim.org 
Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org 
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 7:51:18 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: aria alternative for fieldset legend 


Thanks - that's what I was looking for 


On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Jared Smith < jared@webaim.org > wrote: 


If a higher level description of the radio button group is not 
present, then there's no need for a fieldset/legend. As you note, all 
would be at the same disadvantage. 

If a visible 'legend' is present and fieldset/legend markup is not 
possible, you could use the ARIA radiogroup role with a label that 
references this legend text. This should function identical to its 
HTML equivalent. 

<p id="question">I am the question text?</p> 
<div role="radiogroup" aria-labelledby="question"> 
<input ... > 
... 
</div> 

Jared