- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:36:14 -0400
- To: "Dona Patrick" <patrickd@calib.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "Verna Fuller" <fullerv@calib.com>
At 02:59 PM 2003-04-24, Dona Patrick wrote: >Does anyone have any experience with creating accessible forms in tabular >format? > >My company has been creating forms with similar questions and answers >within a table. The form inputs are radio buttons. I know I am not >explaining it well, so please see an example here: > >http://dponline.org/tableform.htm > >In this case the developer wrapped the table within a form. The "label >for" attributes surround the table cell tags. When I try to read it with >JAWS it reads it as if it is a table, (table specific keys work), but I am >not sure the radio buttons are being checked or not. I have not tried it >with any other screen reader. > >Does anyone have a better answer for how to make this kind of form >accessible? I know it is not a good model for a form, but that's out of >my hands. The clients all love this format. > >Thank you, > >Dona Patrick Include a clear TITLE on each INPUT in this case. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2002JanMar/0808.html See also http://www.google.com/search?accessible+form+table
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