It actually reads fine with a screen reader - that was the first thing I did when I first came across it. The legend just appears to be another paragraph and the user is totally unaware of the inappropriate use of the fieldset elements.
It would obviously be better to use header elements but it's actually not that bad. In fact I can't think of any problems it would cause for any user group or user agent. At least it doesn't add a load of verbiage like some nasty coding methods. I came across a site where they wanted to indent alternate paragraphs by about 100 pixels so they put those paragraphs inside three nested blockquotes. That resulted in JAWS reading "blockquote blockquote blockquote blah blah blah blah blockquote end blockquote end blockquote end". Now that is nasty. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Palinkas Sent: 12 January 2007 15:43 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WSG] Re: usage of fieldset Hi Steve, Yep, I've seen it also. Pity the visually challenged user with a screen reader trying to figure out what's going on. Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Green Sent: Friday, 12 January, 2007 17:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WSG] Re: usage of fieldset I have seen several sites that have done this, presumably for the visual effect of having a border around each subsection of content; some browsers will give that border round corners. Of course the same effect can be achieved with the correct use of CSS but maybe they just thought this way is easier. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barney Carroll Sent: 12 January 2007 14:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] Re: usage of fieldset Mihael Zadravec wrote: > Hi! > > What would be your reaction, if you'd see someone using <fieldset> for > something else than containing forms? > > eg. something like... > > <fieldset> > <legend>Some tite here</legend> > <div class="notification"> > <p>This is some content.</p> > </div> > </fieldset> > > cya! > Mihael It's incorrect and pointless. Why would anyone want to do such a thing? Regards, Barney ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
