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RE: labeling search box

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Jul 10, 2003 10:34AM

Why use a hack when there is already a GOOD label there? And my other
suggestion, the title attribute, is recognized by AT (i.e., screen readers)
and appears on mouse over. Hello!

Jim
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Subject: RE: labeling search box

> However, I've found that doing this make the words in the
> label tag appear
> on the page. For example, using the code above, "Search The
> Site" appears
> before the textbox).

What about ...

label.submit {color: transparent}

<label class="submit">This text is transparent to the
background</label><input type="submit">


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