- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:05:05 +0100
- To: jimallan@tsbvi.edu
- CC: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Jim Allan wrote: > UAAG does not require explicit or implicit labeling of form controls. Nor > does the HTML 4.01 specification [1]. And we're not disputing that, as it's squarely a WCAG issue at that point. > UAAG requires that the user agent: > 1) provide a content focus for enabled elements (9.1 Priority 1) > 2) Allow the user to move the content focus to any enabled element (9.3 > Priority 1) > 3) Highlight enabled elements according to the granularity specified in the > format. (10.2 Priority 1) > > HTML 4.01 provides a mechanism for explicit or implicit association between > form control and associated labels. Each user agent has a default mechanism > for rendering and/or indicating the focus of an enabled element. Authors may > affect that rendering through the use of CSS. However, once a form control is labelled (implicitly or explicitly) does UAAG guideline 7 apply? Following OS conventions? -- 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 __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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