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Re: urgent sample of good code
From: John Hicks
Date: Feb 5, 2013 4:25AM
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It works for me (announcing the legend) under IE, FF, and Chrome.
Or are you saying that putting it all into some table disrupts this?
I used Jaws 13.
John
Le 04/02/2013 22:01, Corbett, James a écrit :
> Hi:
>
> There is a bit of a glitch to all of this. If by default the radio buttons are not selected then tabbing through the array will not announce the legend.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of John Hicks
> Sent: February 4, 2013 3:46 PM
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>
> What did you try?
> A fieldset needs a legend tag inside it.
> A quick google on these terms will reveal all .... if you spell them
> correctly.
>
> I have been away from the list for a while and I don't know if posting
> of code is encouraged, but what you need is
>
> <fieldset>
> <legend> Question about X </legend>
>
> .... the radio buttons, each with their own <label></label>
>
> </fieldset>
>
> The fieldsets will create lines, you need to get rid of them with CSS.
>
> hope that helps.
>
>
>
> Le 04/02/2013 18:15, Lucy Greco a écrit :
>> Hello:
>> Your write it is a the best answer to use filed sets but I can't get them
>> to fix it at all Lucy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of John Hicks
>> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:15 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] urgent sample of good code
>>
>> (resending with clean subject line)
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Although the table sounds like it is being misused, the solution to the
>> problem you mention lies more in using fieldsets and labels correctly.
>> A fieldset for each question and proper labels (for/id) for each of the
>> 5 radio buttons in each question.
>>
>> Presentation tables in themselves are not non-compliant. (Although they
>> are cumbersome).
>>
>> I even gather that "tables for layout" are back "in" .... whatever that
>> means.
>>
>> But the accessibility problème you are asking about revolves around form
>> labels and fieldsets (I believe).
>>
>> John
>>
>> Le 01/02/2013 02:47, Lucy Greco a écrit :
>>> Hello:
>>> Does anyone have a sample of a survey using a table lay out for a
>>> ranking set of questions. I need to provide a contractor a sample of
>> what
>>> I am looking for and they wanted it in a hurry.
>>> The idea is the user is given ten ideas they need to agree or disagree
>>> with in a scale of one to 5 and they are using radio buttons for the
>>> scale. They have laid this out in a table and have not even tried to lay
>>> it out with roe or columns headers. I think a better way to do it is
>> treat
>>> each idea as a separate question but I lost that fight. If anyone has
>> the
>>> sample code I could give them I would really appreciate it. The thing
>> that
>>> kills me is the front page of the survey said it was w3c compliant well
>> I
>>> have to say if my screen reader set to out of box default settings could
>>> not tell what I was agreeing to or that I was even agreeing or
>> disagreeing
>>> it isn't Lucy
>>> >>> >>> >>>
>> --
>> John Hicks ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
>> Ingénieur Consultant en Accessibilité
>> Docteur en Sciences Cognitives
>>
>> www.Urbilog.fr -- Solutions Accessibles
>>
>>
>> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>
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