----- Original Message ----- > From: "Einav Cohen" <eco...@redhat.com> > To: "Greg Sheremeta" <gsher...@redhat.com> > Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel@ovirt.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:14:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] attn ui devs: why do we use inputs for labels? > > I could be wrong, but there is a chance that using "input type=text" > allows selecting/copying the text, rather than a plain label, which > doesn't allow that.
If that's the reason, it must be a quirky browser thing. I can select and copy <label>s in Chrome. > > I am not sure if there are any (additional?) advantages to using > "input type=text" (the other UI maintainers will probably know > better). > > > I'd like to pursue correcting this, if possible. > > if there is a more "correct" way that won't result in losing any > existing functionality, +1. > > ---- > Thanks, > Einav > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Greg Sheremeta" <gsher...@redhat.com> > > To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel@ovirt.org> > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:02:15 AM > > Subject: [Engine-devel] attn ui devs: why do we use inputs for labels? > > > > Hi fellow UI developers, > > > > Can someone explain why we are using "input type=text" fields to render > > labels? (see screenshot[1]) This seems like bad practice for a few reasons: > > * it's not semantic HTML > > * inputs do not have variable sizing like text. They cannot shrink down to > > the size of the text, which makes positioning difficult. > > * common browser extensions such as LastPass can be confused (see > > screenshot[1] -- lastpass sees these labels for the text fields they are, > > and attempts to help the user fill them in -- that's what those gray > > asterisks are. Very confusing.) > > > > I'd like to pursue correcting this, if possible. > > > > Thanks, > > Greg > > > > [1] http://i.imgur.com/AweOhJe.png > > > > Greg Sheremeta > > Red Hat, Inc. > > Sr. Software Engineer, RHEV > > Cell: 919-807-1086 > > gsher...@redhat.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Engine-devel mailing list > > Engine-devel@ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > > > _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list Engine-devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel
