Re: [WSG] a tag question

2006-11-29 Thread Matthew Pennell
On 11/29/06, Vaska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a funny situation where I need to use an obscure display: inline-block; rule. Of course, IE is wonky with it and I must use a tag that is naturally inline (p, div, won't cut it). It's hard to tell exactly what you're trying to do - do you

RE: [WSG] Fieldset but no legend

2006-11-29 Thread Adam Burmister \(DSL AK\)
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

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] Web Standards Books

2006-11-29 Thread Keryx webb
Once again hello! 11 uses for 101 checklists - a book tip. See: http://www.sitepoint.com/books/checklists1/ 1. For the single developer: Ensure that you do not forget any aspect. It's hard to be Leonardo Da Vinci! 2. For the team leader: While some people in your team ought to know more than

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] Synthetic speech is not only for the blind

2006-11-29 Thread Keryx webb
Ben Buchanan wrote: On a different front... reading vs. listening also has some interesting effects in education - some students like to listen more than they like to read; others like both; etc. Speaking as a teacher. I have students with dyslexia who use books on CD:s, etc instead of

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:

[WSG] Accessible Tables

2006-11-29 Thread marvin hunkin
Hi. on my site at http://marvin.webboy.net and look at the star trek pages, have got several tables. take a look, and give me feedback, on how to code them accessibly. also, do i need a caption, and a table summary, if so, what is the code to do this, and also how to code it in my style sheet.

[WSG] PhP Form Mail Script

2006-11-29 Thread marvin hunkin
Hi. do you know of any php accessible and java script mailling lists. if so let me know. tried to subscribe to mailling lists on php.net, but a real pain to navigate. now, what i want to do on my contact form on http://marvin.webboy.net is when the user fills out the fields, hide all the