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From: Leo Smith
Date: Oct 2, 2002 5:46AM

not necessarily, if each date select field was preceded by a
contextual heading, which, if you have multiple date select fields,
you are going to need anyway for the sake of comprehension by all
of your users...

If all the date select fields run together, then surely in this case you
would have somekind of cue beforehand telling the user to select
three dates, and then the label for each date select field could be:
choose first date, choose second date, etc.

leo.

On 1 Oct 2002, at 9:03, Jeff Rhodes wrote:

> Thats nice, but what if you have multiple date selects on the same
> page? Would you change the text for each one?:
>
> <select name="reg_day">
> <option value="">Registration Date</option>
> <option value="1">01</option>
> </select>
> ...
>
> <select name="exp_day">
> <option value="">Expiration Date</option>
> <option value="1">01</option>
> </select>
> ...
>
> On 1 Oct 2002 at 8:35, Leo Smith wrote:
>
> > how about this:
> >
> > <select>
> > <input value="">day</input>
> > <input value="1">01</input>
> > </select>
> >
> > <select>
> > <input value="">month</input>
> > <input value="jan">January</input>
> > </select>
> >
> > <select>
> > <input value="">year</input>
> > <input value="2002">2002</input>
> > </select>
> >
> > There are ways to make a form accessible other than using <form>
> >
> > Leo.
> >
> > On 30 Sep 2002, at 11:00, Jeff Rhodes wrote:
> >
> > > I have handled it by placing a label on each of the select lists.
> > > However, so it doesn't clutter up the screen for the sighted users
> > > I have applied a hidden class to the label.
> > >
> > > <style>
> > > .hidden {display: none}
> > > </style>
> > >
> > > <label for="day" class="hidden">Date Day</label>
> > > <select id="day">....</select>
> > > <label for="month" class="hidden">Date month</label>
> > > <select id="month">....</select>
> > > <label for="year" class="hidden">Date Year</label>
> > > <select id="year">....</select>
> > >
> > > If anyone else has a better idea, I'm open to suggestions.
> > >
> > > On 30 Sep 2002 at 10:50, Ali Naito wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > How do I tackle form labels on a date field. Example:
> > > > http://www.bila.net/bowl/testform.html Can I use the same ID
> > > > for all three menus? Do I have to split it up into three
> > > > elements?
> > > >
> > > > - Ali Naito
> > > >
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> >
> > Leo Smith
> > Web Designer/Developer
> > USM Office of Publications and Marketing
> > University of Southern Maine
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> Jeff Rhodes, Developer
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Leo Smith
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USM Office of Publications and Marketing
University of Southern Maine
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