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Re: Alternatives to LEGEND for a radio button?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Sep 4, 2009 4:10PM

Hi Darrel

First off I'm not sure who decided that I as a screen reader need the
"legend" tag. When I have used it in the past I found it annoying to
be subjected to the same phrase in front of every option, be it radio
button or checkbox, for example

what is your favourite colour checkbox not checked blue
what is your favourite colour checkbox not checked red
what is your favourite colour checkbox not checked green
what is your favourite colour checkbox not checked yellow

and so on. Imagine if you had to listen to that inn a very complex
form. Would you consider it useless chatter?

Perhaps I'm an oddball but i rarely use forms mode any more because
of the garbage coding that I run into. I can activate a radio
buttonor checkbox without going into forms mode, when I need to enter
a text field I'll use forms mode, fill in the text then exit it
because I'm never sure where it will take me next. I'm never sure if
using the enter button or spacebar will activate it either that's
how bad it is out there.















I just want the form to be a form, not something cooked up to make
it look good for the sighted or pass some suspect guideline and I
want the least amount of chatter from JAWS. I dont want my form
broken up by headings either. Then again maybe I'm asking to much.

cheers

Geof




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