On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Crest Christopher > <crestchristop...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've had to restyle my form and it has caused the validator to inform me I'm >> not allowed to use <p> as a child element of a <label> tag ? >> > > > From what I can see (searching, etc) the only thing you are supposed > to have inside a label is the associated input. You don't have to, but > you can. If you wrap the input with the label, you can leave off the > 'for' attribute (just read that... had no idea about that one!). There > is some language in the spec stating the above, but not being of the > right mind to dig into the spec, I didn't see anything obvious stating > NOTHING else can be within the label element. So I wonder if <span> > might be allowed? I'd have to whip up a test and run it through the > validator and see if it complains. > >
A quick test resulted in no complaint about a <span> inside label. However, maybe someone more familiar with the spec can say whether that is actually OK or not according to the spec. Remember, the validator isn't law, it's a guide -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
