Lucien Stals wrote:
I suspect that the following code...
<fieldset><legend>staff details</legend>
<dl>
<dt>email</dt><dd>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</dd>
<dt>phone</dt><dd>12345678</dd>
</dl>
</fieldset>
Is perfectly valid, semantic markup which a screen reader would render
just fine.
Logical, no doubt of it. But see Steve Green's post which said, "JAWS
... can only enter 'forms mode' when a form control has focus."
Does that mean that JAWS won't read the contents of the <legend>
element because it's not in 'forms mode'? And if not, how important is
it for clarification of what follows that the legend be read? If the
answer to that is 'not', or 'optional', there's not much point in
including it - is there?
But can I point out, Ben, that at no time did anyone ever suggest
placing form elements in the middle of general content. I'm not sure
where you got that one from.
I understood Ben to be referring to the <fieldset> element itself. But
if a <fieldset> is a form element, and is used out of context of a form
and its controls, then it *is* "...a form element cropping up in the
middle of general content..." - isn't it?
Don't you just love circular arguments? Whoops, discussions?
N
PS Before anyone gets bent out of shape by minimal quotes from previous
posts changing their context or meaning, can I respectfully remind them
that the previous posts and threads are always there for refererence?
___________________________
omnivision. websight.
http://www.omnivision.com.au/
*******************************************************************
List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm
Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm
Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*******************************************************************
