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Explicit Link Between Radio Buttons and "Question" Label?

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From: Hoffman, David
Date: Feb 12, 2003 10:55AM

It appears that the HTML standard is lacking a means to explicitly link
radio buttons (and check boxes) to their "question" label. We can use the
<label> tag to link the button or box to its value ("Yes", "No", "Maybe"),
but finding the "question" ("Do you speak English?") for the set of buttons
or controls is left up to screen reader guesswork: try looking above or to
the left. Experience indicates that this guesswork does not always work, and
is often very limiting. Am I missing something here? If I am correct, are
there any plans to correct this deficiency?

Thanks,
David


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