- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:56:00 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > When Joe Clark did some testing of this question he found out what some > people had been saying was true. You are at least somewhat mistaken, in > that many techniques for hiding stuff with CSS hide it from assistive > technologies as well. Sorry, should have been more specific...was just meaning display:none, but wrote it too generalised. I know the "off-left" technique works better, but didn't want to get into a whole CSS discussion. Good to clarify though. > ..."(although I'm sure there would be at least one voice which would > argue that it should be visible to all users...)"... > > Mine is just such a voice. Although the close proximity of a button > labelled search will do it for most users, clear labelling is a great > thing. Please leave the label visible. Belt, braces and superglue approach: <form action="..." method="..."> <fieldset> <legend>Search</legend> <label for="searchterm">Search for:</label> <input type="text" name="q" id="searchterm" value="" /> <input type="submit" value="search" /> </fieldset> </form> ;-) -- Patrick H. Lauke _____________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com
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