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Re: form label question
From: Sawang Srisom
Date: Aug 21, 2007 8:10PM
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Dear all,
Does anyone here happen to know any accessible content management system
(CMS)? I've been searching for it for weeks but cannot really find a good
one.
Best regards,
Sawang Srisom
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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] form label question
You can use the Firefox Accessibility Extension to test form controls for
proper labeling with the Firefox Browser.
http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu
Jon
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:55:21 -0600
>From: "Jared Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] form label question
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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>On 8/9/07, Sawang Srisom wrote:
>
>> <label for="gender1 gender2">Gender</label>
>> <input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender1" value="Male"
>> checked="checked" /> Male<br />
>> <input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender2" value="Female"
>> checked="checked" /> Female
>
>In this case, "Male" and "Female" should be the labels for their
>appropriate radio buttons. "Gender" should not be marked up as a
>label. It could and probably should, however, be a legend for a
>fieldset that surrounds the two radio buttons.
>
>Examples and proper coding at
http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls.php
>
>I think what we're all saying is that labels are necessary for
>accessibility. There are few cases when they might pose design and
>usability issues and in those cases, it must be visually and
>programmatically (through title, row/column headers, etc.) apparent
>what the function of the form element is.
>
>Jared Smith
>WebAIM
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