A colon is often used to delineate a key:value pairs (e.g. mail headers [RFC822]). Perhaps the convention to use this for labels: form controls grew out of this before the intorduction of the label element?
Now that we have actual label elements that we can associate with form controls, this type of representation is purely optional. -- Terrence Wood email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +64-4-8033354 mobile: +64-21-120-1234 McLaughlin, Gail G said: > We are establishing Web standards for forms and are debating this. > > Here¹s what I have gleaned based on reading the references cited below. > > 1. Colons are hard to see on a screen. (Reference 1.) > 2. W3C does not state a requirement for a colon after a label. > 3. WAI recommends identifying a label with a LABEL tag and does not > mention > using a colon. (Reference 3.) > 4. 508 Standards Information for Standards does not mention using a colon > for labels. > 5. Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) software might require the colon. > (Reference 2.) > 6. According to Microsoft, screen-review utilities might use a colon to > identify a control. (Reference 4.) ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
