- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
- To: "The Snider's Web" <lsnider@thesnidersweb.com>
- cc: RUST Randal <RRust@COVANSYS.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Yep, that's it. (Except that there is nothing to link your two radio items together, but that's a different matter). Cheers Chaals On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, The Snider's Web wrote: > >Hi Chaals, > >Thanks for correcting me. This is what I used on a site of mine-is this >what you mean? > > <FIELDSET><LEGEND>Previous Member *</LEGEND><BR> > <INPUT id="yes" type="radio" value="yesmember" name="yesmemberanswer"> > <label for="yes">Yes, I was a previous member of NEWD</label><br> > <INPUT id="no" type="radio" value="nomember" name="nomemberanswer"> > <label for="no">No</label>, I was not a previous member of NEWD<br> > </FIELDSET> > >At the time I put up my site it was hard to find the right info for forms >and accessibility (didn't know about this list!), thus I want to make sure >I am also doing it right :) > >Cheers > >Lisa > >At 05:04 AM 7/12/2002 -0400, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >>No, the input and label don't have to be in the same place. By contrast, I >>would suggest that you use fieldset and legend to label the group, rather >>than span (which doesn't have any useful semantics beyond what you suggest >>for presentation as CSS or add as metadata referring to the element). Then >>user agents that implement HTML 4 will be able to group the things for users. >> >>Cheers >> >>Chaals >> >>On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, The Snider's Web wrote: >> >> > >> >Hi Randal, >> > >> >I am no expert in this field, but doesn't the input line have to come >> >before the label line? >> > >> >Cheers >> > >> >Lisa >> > >> >At 12:41 PM 7/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: >> > >> >>I'm having a problem with a form I'm putting together. Basically, I can't >> >>use the keyboard to tab to the "No" option. Does anyone see anything wrong >> >>with my markup that might be causing this? >> >> >> >><span class="label">Do you need child care for your children?</span> >> >><label for="childCareYes">Yes</label> >> >><input type="radio" id="childCareYes" name="childCare" value="y" /> >> >><label for="childCareNo">No</label> >> >><input type="radio" id="childCareNo" name="childCare" value="n" /> >> >> >> >>Randal Rust >> >>Covansys, Inc. >> >>Columbus, OH >> > >> >>-- >>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) > -- 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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