Hi all - this is my first time sending to the list, but was looking for
feedback on marking up forms in HTML5. Granted the spec is still a work in
progress, but I was wondering if there was any current conversation about this
multiple techniques of marking up forms via HTML5.
As stated, the
On 10/11/2010 17:08, Eric Taylor wrote:
From my experience, the best practice, currently, is using Description
lists; however, my concern with this method is the lack of semantic
grouping when using this set of elements.
Another method I have used is using an Unordered list to group each
field
Understandable; however, with the change in HTML5 from Definition Lists to
Description lists, would it not be more semantically valuable to mark forms up
using dt and dd, for labels and inputs, providing the document with a more
solid structure? As stated, my concern with this is the lack of
Sent: 10 November 2010 17:30
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] HTML5 - Marking up forms
Understandable; however, with the change in HTML5 from Definition Lists to
Description lists, would it not be more semantically valuable to mark forms up
using dt and dd, for labels and inputs
Eric,
There are a ton of ways to do this. At the moment I stick with one of
two formulas:
fieldset
legendMy Legend/legend
div
label for=My FieldMy Label/label
input type=text name=My Field
/div
/fieldset
Or if its a bunch of checkboxes or something:
fieldset
legendMy Legend/legend
div
label
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Behalf Of Joseph Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:50 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] HTML5 - Marking up forms
Eric,
There are a ton of ways to do
Understandable; however, with the change in HTML5 from Definition Lists
to Description lists, would it not be more semantically valuable to
mark forms up using dt and dd, for labels and inputs, providing the
document with a more solid structure? As stated, my concern with this
is the lack of
On 10 November 2010 18:52, Thierry Koblentz thierry.koble...@gmail.comwrote:
I don't think lists should be used for this (there might be a case for a OL
in case of dependant selects, but that would be a stretch). In the case of
DL, I'd say that the relationship between DTs and DDs is no
IE8 and earlier
Joseph R. B. Taylor
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On 11/10/10 3:45 PM, Kevin Rapley wrote:
I would be
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Kevin Rapley ke...@digikev.co.uk wrote:
I would be interested to gather your thoughts around this solution, using
progress tags to mark progress through the form.
A possible problem with this is that there is no guarantee that the
user has completed earlier
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