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From: Rick Hill
Date: Wed, Aug 15 2012 12:06PM
Subject: Radio buttons?
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Is it best to enclose a group of radio buttons in a fieldset appropriately labeled (ala http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#radio) or is it OK to use an appropriate title attribute on each of the radio inputs to provide information about what the radio button applies to? I lean toward fieldset.
Rick Hill, Web CMS Administrator
University Communications, UC Davis
From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Wed, Aug 15 2012 12:26PM
Subject: Re: Radio buttons?
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if you use the title and an explicit label:
<input type="radio" id="a1" title="group label"> <label
for="a1">yes</label>
its hit and miss as to whether the title content will be announced by AT,
so better to use fieldset/legend
or you could use aria-describedby or labelledby
example 1
<label id="a2">group label</label>
<input type="radio" id="a1" aria-describedby="a2"> <label
for="a1">yes</label>
example 1 will result in the label then the group label being announced by
AT that support ARIA
example 2
<label id="a2">group label</label>
<input type="radio" id="a1" aria-labelledby="a2 a3"> <label for="a1"
id="a3">yes</label>
example 2 will result in the group label then the label being announced by
AT that support ARIA
regards
SteveF
On 15 August 2012 19:06, Rick Hill < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Is it best to enclose a group of radio buttons in a fieldset appropriately
> labeled (ala http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#radio) or is it
> OK to use an appropriate title attribute on each of the radio inputs to
> provide information about what the radio button applies to? I lean toward
> fieldset.
>
> Rick Hill, Web CMS Administrator
> University Communications, UC Davis
>
> > > >
From: Johnson, Sharon
Date: Wed, Aug 15 2012 12:50PM
Subject: Re: Radio buttons?
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Could you please remove my name from this list its flooding my mailbox!
Sharon Johnson, SPED
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Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:26 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Radio buttons?
if you use the title and an explicit label:
<input type="radio" id="a1" title="group label"> <label
for="a1">yes</label>
its hit and miss as to whether the title content will be announced by AT,
so better to use fieldset/legend
or you could use aria-describedby or labelledby
example 1
<label id="a2">group label</label>
<input type="radio" id="a1" aria-describedby="a2"> <label
for="a1">yes</label>
example 1 will result in the label then the group label being announced by
AT that support ARIA
example 2
<label id="a2">group label</label>
<input type="radio" id="a1" aria-labelledby="a2 a3"> <label for="a1"
id="a3">yes</label>
example 2 will result in the group label then the label being announced by
AT that support ARIA
regards
SteveF
On 15 August 2012 19:06, Rick Hill < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Is it best to enclose a group of radio buttons in a fieldset appropriately
> labeled (ala http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#radio) or is it
> OK to use an appropriate title attribute on each of the radio inputs to
> provide information about what the radio button applies to? I lean toward
> fieldset.
>
> Rick Hill, Web CMS Administrator
> University Communications, UC Davis
>
> > > >
From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Wed, Aug 15 2012 3:10PM
Subject: Re: Radio buttons?
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On 15/08/2012 19:50, Johnson, Sharon wrote:
> Could you please remove my name from this list its flooding my mailbox!
> Sharon Johnson, SPED
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