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Re: label tag with form elements

for

From: Mickey Williamson
Date: Mar 13, 2015 9:05AM

Excellent. Thank you!

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> >
> > Any benefit
>
>
> no
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;
>
> On 13 March 2015 at 13:09, Mickey Williamson <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > If you're using the "for" attribute in the label tag, is there any reason
> > to also wrap the input in the label tag?
> >
> > Any benefit to this:
> >
> > <label for="myinput">Label text<input id="myinput" type="text"
> > name="textfield"></label>
> >
> > over this:
> >
> > <label for="myinput">Label text</label>
> > <input id="myinput" type="text" name="textfield">
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mickey
> > > > > > > >
> > > >



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