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

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From: ben morrison
Date: Apr 12, 2006 5:20AM

On 4/12/06, Patrick Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > However, not one of them clicked on the label for checkboxes, radio or
> > inputs or used tab for that matter.

> > 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.

But doesn't the web operate differently to operating stystem
conventions - you never get a hand pointer - unless you are clicking
URL, which is part of a web/multimedia convention. This is where we
say it should ony be for URLs....

For Fun: An amusing take on devils advocate
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/10/death_by_devils.html

ben