Currently in HTML 4, and apparently in Web Forms 2, there is a rule that
each label element applies to exactly one input field. 10 inputs, at
least 10 labels.
However looking at a number of tabular but not exactly repeating forms,
both on the Web and on paper, I notice that it common for the
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:37:31 +0100, Elliotte Harold
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Currently in HTML 4, and apparently in Web Forms 2, there is a rule that
each label element applies to exactly one input field. 10 inputs, at
least 10 labels.
However looking at a number of tabular but not
Elliotte Harold wrote:
What strikes me about examples like this is that the labels for the
input fields naturally apply to more than one input field.
I think the main problem with multiple IDs for labels is the usability.
How would it work and still make sense?
You could, instead, have
Robert Brodrecht wrote:
Elliotte Harold wrote:
What strikes me about examples like this is that the labels for the
input fields naturally apply to more than one input field.
I think the main problem with multiple IDs for labels is the usability.
How would it work and still make sense?
Le 2007-03-13 à 13:37, Elliotte Harold a écrit :
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John Smith87 86 98
Jane Jones 100 78 98
Fred Wilde89 65 69
My opinion is that the table itself, given headers are properly
marked up
Elliotte Harold wrote:
Pretty much like it does now I suspect. When presenting the form control
to a user, the software would assign it the label. It would just use
the same label more than once.
The for attribute is not new. What's being proposed is simply allowing
it to identify
Robert Brodrecht wrote:
I think the main problem with multiple IDs for labels is the
usability. How would it work and still make sense?
Elliotte Harold replied:
Pretty much like it does now I suspect. When presenting the form
control to a user, the software would assign it the label. It
Michel Fortin wrote:
My opinion is that the table itself, given headers are properly marked
up with th, provides enough information to make the labels unnecessary.
I'll second this. Given that the table is marked up correctly (that is,
using th and |scope| or equivalents), it should be usable
Le Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:37:31 +0200, Elliotte Harold
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However looking at a number of tabular but not exactly repeating forms,
both on the Web and on paper, I notice that it common for the column
headers to essentially serve as label for the input fields. For
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:37:31 +0100, Elliotte Harold
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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John Smith87 86 98
Jane Jones 100 78 98
Fred Wilde89 65 69
I'd mark this up as follows:
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