Thank you everyone for your replies. So it seems the trusty old traditional <filedset> <llegend>Contact Information</legend> <label for="name">Name</label><br /> <input id="name" type="text"> </fieldset> is the way to go to keep all browsers and screen readers happy. I think I can likely lose the <br /> and replace that with a display: block; on the label or input. This is the first of a series of questions I will have. I have the opportunity to rewrite some extremely complex forms for a very large CMS and I want to make them the best they can be.
Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike at Green-Beast.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:07:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [WSG] labels as input wrappers + <h6> in place of legend Hi Ben, > I've always used label arount input fields [...] > I don't think I've ever seen any recommendation against it. Here's one for you: http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=254 I haven't been paying attention to this, and someone's probably already said it (if so, sorry), but it's also worth noting that only form elements will be read in a screen reader's forms mode. Being as such, it's better to style the legend to look like an h6 rather than substituting it for one. Respectfully, Mike Cherim ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
