Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-12-05 Thread Thierry Koblentz
russ - maxdesign wrote: The legend can be positioned in Firefox by wrapping the content inside the legend in a span and styling this. Not ideal (additional unnecessary markup), but a quick and easy solution. legendspanLogin details/span/legend Nice workaround. I wrote a script to plug the

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread Gaspar
form id=seek action=seek.php method=post fieldset label for=seektextSeek: /label input name=seektext id=seektext type=text / input type=submit value=sök / /fieldset /form A few days ago i have the same problem, legend or not legend, sow i think if fieldset are to allows

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread Barney Carroll
Gaspar wrote: How can i group just one single input? i think there's no reason to do that, sow i removed the fieldset and just use the label for the input. am i right or not? For my own tuppence, I'd say there's no reason for it. I'm almost certain I've seen pages adorned with every kind of

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread James Ellis
Hmm, I've found this not to work in Firefox.. doesn't seem to allow legends to be positioned off screen. display:none works but that defeats the purpose entirely. I've found legends very difficult to be styled cross browser - dumping the legend and using a heading tag will allow much easier

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread John Faulds
I just ran a form with a xhtml strict doctype and no legend thru the W3C validator and it didn't complain..? XHTML strict won't but HTML strict will. -- Tyssen Design www.tyssendesign.com.au Ph: (07) 3300 3303 Mb: 0405 678 590

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
I had written: fieldset { border : 0; } legend { position : absolute ; top : -9000px; left : -9000px; } James wrote: [...] doesn't seem to allow legends to be positioned off screen [...] Whoops, I did not know this. Sorry. I've found legends very difficult to be styled cross

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-30 Thread russ - maxdesign
[...] doesn't seem to allow legends to be positioned off screen [...] Whoops, I did not know this. Sorry. That's the truth! I use them but I do allow for some cross-browser variances. They aren't a mandatory element, but they *can* be helpful, especially for complex forms. I think a

RE: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Adam Burmister \(DSL AK\)
Of Keryx webb Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 10:01 a.m. To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend Hello again! I was using http://dev.wave.webaim.org and it complained about my having a fieldset but no legend-element. I am using a strict doctype and this is my markup

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Matthew Pennell
On 11/29/06, Keryx webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was using http://dev.wave.webaim.org and it complained about my having a fieldset but no legend-element. A fieldset is for grouping related fields together, and its legend should describe the group of fields. If you are just using the

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Keryx webb wrote: form id=seek action=seek.php method=post fieldset label for=seektextSeek: /label input name=seektext id=seektext type=text / input type=submit value=sök / /fieldset /form This is my question, since I do need a containing element for my input elements, but see

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Lars wrote: This is my question, since I do need a containing element for my input elements, but see no real reason to have a legend, am I misusing the fieldset element? Visually there is no border (unless CSS is turned off of course.) Hello Lars, Perhaps you could have it both ways.

Re: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: This may be of interest http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/general-accessibility/too-much-accessibility-fieldset-legends/ Thanks for the link. --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com *** List Guidelines: