Re: Fieldset legend text doesn't wrap

Hi David,

   I think you are right about the CSS not controlling the components
actions of a form.  But, CSS should define the layout of a form and the
style of images and text in a form.  There are a couple reasons why I
believe this should be so, one is for accessibility where the user can
change the style and layout to better aid in navigating the site on a
personal level (user defined stylesheets), and for device independant
displaying where a form can look better with different styling and
layout on a cellphone or PDA then the standard 800 x 600 or larger
display.

-Steve

David Woolley said:
>
>> I'd say that the fieldset wrapping, or not, is one of those
>> limitations on par with current CSS' lack of control of the finer
>> display details
>
> CSS will never have control of such things as CSS only provides hints to
> the user agent.  The reason that form controls aren't affected is  that
> they are directly mapped onto native controls, which I believe is very
> much in line with the HTML philosophy.
>
> A lot of people want CSS to have control, and override the OS, but that
> is confusing for users, as it means every site has its own look and feel
> (already a problem), and really indicates that a lot of people haven't
> bought the HTML concept and are using it for unsound reasons.

Received on Monday, 24 May 2004 17:18:55 UTC