If in that pattern the row header is the label for the check box then the label should be clickable to check the box, there’s nothing that prevents that from being possible in the code.
If there is no visible label then there is nothing to click but visible labels are required under labels and instructions.
Gmail example is different because if you clicked on the text it opens the email, there is no visible label for the checkbox. In my examples I’m referring to static text labels that are not links or buttons so they could easily be connected labels.
Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com
> On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 19 November 2015 at 16:36, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com <mailto:akirkpat@adobe.com>> wrote:
> Any thoughts?
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> It is a common UI pattern in web applications to have checkboxes in a column of a data table, the visible label is provided as a column header, it is not always the case that a visable label presents itself in each row. (have a look at the gmail inbox view for example. )
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> Regards
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> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
