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Re: Long form legends

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From: ben morrison
Date: Jun 10, 2005 3:28PM

> As I wrote in my first message in this thread, FIELDSET / LEGEND is not consistently supported by user agents, according to AFB (American Foundation for the Blind).
>
> (http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=57&;TopicID=167&DocumentID=2375&Mod&Mode=Print&Mode=Print)
>
> If AFB's recommendation is still valid as of today (and affects your users), I would say that you are in serious trouble.

I think that the issue here is about "forms mode", so the user will
enter in and out of forms mode as and when needed. My understanding is
that they would read the legend then enter forms mode.... some
clarification would be good as Im nto ready to start removing
fieldsets and legends from my forms.

here is yet another article about fieldset legends being read by jaws

http://www.ital.utexas.edu/resource/how_to/form/pulldown_gp/pulldown_gp.html