RE: Mandatory field labelling

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.

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  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


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