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Re: Labels on Checkboxes in data tables

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mar 28, 2013 6:02PM

I did copy and paste the url to this article off of Twitter once, not
sure how applicable it is, but it does make a good point regarding
labels and input fields:
http://laurakalbag.com/labels-in-input-fields-arent-such-a-good-idea/
I also thought fields without labels were harder to interact with on a
cell phone screen, but I can't locate the resources at the moment.
Cheers
-B

On 3/28/13, Roger Hudson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> While I agree with the general idea that it is possible to provide an
> identifying name to a form input without using a visible label, it might
> cause some problem with complying with WCAG 2 at AA - in particular SC
> 2.4.6.
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> Roger Hudson
> Web Usability
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> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerhudson
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