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Re: How to associate form elements with table cells?

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From: Thomas Jedenfelt
Date: May 23, 2005 1:52PM

Hi Steve,

Thanks again for your help.

What I have learnt - regarding a form within a table - is that I need to enter the text data twice: 1) in the cells; and 2) in the Title attribute of the INPUT element.

The above technique would _not_ concern other control types [1], except the INPUT type 'Text'.

Also thanks for the example outputs.

All the best,
Thomas Jedenfelt

[1] Control types
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.2.1

>
> Hi Thomas,
> I included the price data in the title attribute, because when screen
> reader users access forms they use a "forms mode" which means navigation
> of form elements will override the navigation of the table (cell to
> cell).
> This results in the user missing out on the cost information in the
> third column of the example table because it is not explicitly
> associated with any form controls.
>


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