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RE: labeling search box

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Jul 10, 2003 9:07AM

Wendy,

You have a label ("SEARCH" in the edit box); the tools just don't know it!
You could add title="search" for the INPUT with type="text" to be even more
specific; I don't think the current crop of tools will acknowledge that
either, but less sure about that.

Jim
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