- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:06:32 -0500 (EST)
- To: RUST Randal <RRust@COVANSYS.com>
- cc: "WAI (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
A screenreader will often not render it. Why does it need to be hidden anyway? Chheers Chaals On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, RUST Randal wrote: >Just wondered whether there is a definitive answer to the >issue of how to >display labels for mandatory fields. ---------- I've been giving a lot of thought to things like this lately. Would this work? <label for="firstName"> <span style="display: none;">This field is required.</span> First Name: <input type="text" id="firstName" /> IE, NN and Opera will hide the "required" statement, but Lynx will show it. I'm not sure what a screen reader will do with it though. Randal -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +33 4 92 38 78 22 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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