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Re: Is a label element helpful here?

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From: Info LearnAccessibility
Date: Jun 28, 2010 9:15PM

Hi there,

Although, the form field is not meant for customer, it is still
essential to provide label attribute as this is a field by library
office and they may be user with assistive technology.

Regards,


On 6/29/10, Celeste Mackintosh < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm looking at making a tool like this one
> http://maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm for our library (this is a free
> tool available through the American Library Association, created by the
> Massachusetts Library Association).
>
> My question is, since in the last column of this table/form, user input
> isn't actually what's being sought, is having a label element here helpful?
> Here's an example of a row - check out the final table cell to see the input
> I'm talking about:
>
> <tr>
> <td><input type="text" name="child" id="child" size="5"
> onchange="doCalculator()" tabindex="3" /></td>
> <td><label for="child">Children Books Borrowed</label></td>
> <td><label for="childResult">$
> <input type="text" id="childResult" size="5" value="0.00"
> /></label></td>
> </tr>
>
> We're also going to link to a non-javascript straight table of relative
> values or a spreadsheet. Does this last label element need to be there?
> Having the label element for the first input seems useful, since it means a
> wider area where people can click to get access to that input, but the last
> one the label seems not so helpful...
>
> Any help would be really appreciated! :)
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Celeste
>