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Re: Any problems with placing headings inside legends?

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Aug 2, 2012 1:16PM

I find using aria ggroup and radiogroup is better now and is well
supported by Firefox, IE (with JAWS and NVDA) and Safari (with
VoiceOver)
See the article and sample file at
http://www.deque.com/aria-group-viable-alternative-fieldset-legend
Sailesh Panchang
On 8/2/12, Corbett, James < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Wouldn't that fail on 1.3.1 Info and Relationships?
>
> ...and if and when HJ resolves the issue with field sets / legends I
> personally wouldn't want to hear H1 blah blah Date of Birth each time I'm
> tabbing between the controls within the fieldset.
>
> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Paul J. Adam
> Sent: August 2, 2012 2:11 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Any problems with placing headings inside legends?
>
> To improve accessible navigation of forms? Does HTML validation really
> matter in this situation?
>
> Don't see any problems from a quick test on OS X and VoiceOver/Safari.
>
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