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RE: Clickable labels WAS: Adding a label to search box

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From: Patrick Lauke
Date: Apr 12, 2006 5:10AM

> ben morrison

> However, not one of them clicked on the label for checkboxes, radio or
> inputs or used tab for that matter.
>
> A while back I considered using
>
> label {
> cursor:hand;
> }
>
> so that it was a pointer that you could click on the label - but
> people suggested that this could confuse people.
>
> Thoughts? Would using JS rollover to highlight the area be of help?

The devil's advocate in me thinks: the current behaviour (not giving any
particular hint that a label is in fact clickable) follows operating system
conventions (in Windows anyway - where labels for checkboxes etc are clickable
in dialog boxes and the like) as per UAAG.

P
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