On Sep 30, 2008, at 7:00 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
Hm. I have a problem with your example. "Get local weather
forecast" isn't a semantic <label> for the field - it doesn't
describe what the field is for. It describes what the *form* is
for, and so should be a <legend> or <hn>. "City, State" actually
describes the use of the <input> itself, and should be the label.
Hmm, good call. Let's see if I can do better:
<label for="hair">Hair:</label>
<input name="hair" id="hair" placeholder="Color" title="Enter the
color of your hair"><br>
<label for="eyes">Eyes:</label>
<input name="eyes" id="eyes" placeholder="Color" title="Enter the
color of your eyes"><br>
<label for="nose">Nose:</label>
<input name="nose" id="nose" placeholder="Shape" title="Describe the
shape of your nose"><br>
<label for="birthplace">Place of Birth:</label>
<input name="birthplace" id="birthplace" placeholder="City, State"
title="Enter the city and state where you were born"><br>
This shows how label AND placeholder AND title could be used for
three different purposes. If I were designing the spec from scratch,
I might have chosen "tooltip" and "hint" instead of "title" and
"placeholder" respectively, but we have to consider existing
implementations.
--
Andy Lyttle
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