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Re: A List of Form Elements?

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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 15, 2012 8:03PM

A <fieldset> element is the correct one for grouping radio buttons or
checkboxes. If that doesn't allow you to target the elements specifically
enough, use 'class' and 'id' attributes. It is not good practice to put in
redundant elements just to hang visual styles on, but if you must then it's
best to use semantically neutral ones like <div>.

To my mind lists are definitely wrong in your case, and it's got nothing to
do with screen readers or any other assistive technology. Someone else
(Patrick Lauke?) once suggested that if you believe that a form is a list of
form controls, then presumably you believe that a page is a list of
paragraphs and maybe even that a paragraph is a list of words (ordered lists
of course, because the sequence is important).

Steve.