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Re: using "label for=" on things other than inputs

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Feb 23, 2016 8:09AM

On 23 February 2016 at 14:56, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> So should this then logically flow to allow labeling for ARIA equivalents
> to buttons and input elements such as role button, role radio, and role
> checkbox.
> <span id="r1" role="radio" ...> ...</span><label for="r1">Milk</label>
>
> In the past this was not considered allowable -- but perhaps this is
> changing.
>

The idea has been raised, but there nothing has arisen.

See this thread - Making ARIA and native HTML play better together
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2015May/0038.html
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Regards

SteveF
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