Re: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Susan R. Grossman
Firstly, am I using fieldset and legend in the correct semantic manner? My understanding is that fieldset is meant to group all the similar form elements together, not to diferentiate each input.A group of numbered questions are all related to each other, and the entire thing should be in

Re: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Steven . Faulkner
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RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Web Usability
Hope this is helpful Roger -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan R. Grossman Sent: Friday, 29 October 2004 1:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li Firstly, am I using fieldset and legend in the correct

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Firminger
together anyway so I think not. P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Web Usability Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li One benefit of using fieldset and legend

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Damian Sweeney
can be found at http://www.usability.com.au/resources/forms.cfm Hope this is helpful Roger -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan R. Grossman Sent: Friday, 29 October 2004 1:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Help with fieldset

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Web Usability
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Firminger Sent: Friday, 29 October 2004 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li I notice that some people nest the input within the legend whereas I don't: Example: label for=nameName:br / input type=text name

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Lea de Groot
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:20:54 +1000, Peter Firminger wrote: Does it make any difference? The ID ties them together anyway so I think not. As I understand it, these are the 2 alternate, valid, ways of putting a label on a field. Note that if you wrap the label around the input, you don't need

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Steven . Faulkner
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RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Firminger
Yes, my use of the word legend should have read label. D'oh! P However in relation to legend, a whole bunch of labels and inputs can be presented within one legend. Roger I notice that some people nest the input within the legend whereas I don't:

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Damian Sweeney
In a page where there is only one form and one semantically linked set of form controls is a fieldset necessary/desirable? I think while desirable it is not necessary, unless you have a radio button or checkbox group. But why not use the fieldset element to structure the form instead of putting

RE: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-28 Thread Steven . Faulkner
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Re: [WSG] Help with fieldset in a li

2004-10-27 Thread Clayton Lengel-Zigich
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:25:29 +1000, Damian Sweeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, snip Firstly, am I using fieldset and legend in the correct semantic manner? Many thanks, It was my understanding that fieldsets and legends were only to be used with forms to make them easier to use.