I believe it would be helpful for accessibility reasons. Think of it like a caption attribute on a table. It gives a description of the relationship of the group of child elements.
- Adam -----Original Message----- From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 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: <form id="seek" action="seek.php" method="post"> <fieldset> <label for="seektext">Seek: </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 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.) The only real reason I put in the fieldset tags is to comply with the DTD. But perhaps a div would be better? Will screen readers provide any unnecessary information if I do use the fieldset element, that seemed most appropriate for this job? (My only testing tool is Fangs.) Lars Gunther ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 11/08/2006 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
