- From: Jean-Marie D'Amour <jm.damour@camo.qc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:07:40 -0400
- To: "Phill Jenkins" <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Yes, JAWS 4.02 associate the texte of the legend with each control but combobox. I think it is a bug that will be fixed in the next version. Regard, Jean-Marie D'Amour M.Éd. Formateur CAMO pour personnes handicapées www.camo.qc.ca A 18:03 2002-04-24, Phill Jenkins a écrit : >I don't consider reading the text as "support". HPR reads the text as >well. Does JAWs 4.02 do anything with the Legend? for example associate it >with each of the controls in the FIELDSET? > >I believe all browsers will display the text in the LEGEND / FIELDSET, >after all, all they do is ignore the <ELEMENT> and what is left is text. >But what I was asking if anything does something with it - as in associate >the legend with the controls, allow one to get a legend for a particular >control in a field set, expand or collapse the controls in the FIELDSET but >leave the legend as a type of subject line for the collapsed FIELDSET, etc. >These functions would be useful for magnifiers, screen readers, small >screen graphical browsers, etc. > >Regards, >Phill Jenkins >IBM Research Division - Accessibility Center >11501 Burnet Rd, Austin TX 78758 http://www.ibm.com/able > >JAWS 4.02 supports the legend of the fieldset for all controls but >combobox. > >Regards, > >Jean-Marie D'Amour M.Éd. >Formateur >CAMO pour personnes handicapées >www.camo.qc.ca > >A 14:56 2002-04-24, Phill Jenkins a écrit : > > >Does anyone know of any ATs or browsers that support [meaning give the > >users an interface to] FIELDSET? > > > >IBM Home Page Reader does not at the current time.
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