Thanks that in fact does it. My web designer thought these were extra things that Dreamweaver 8 was adding and took them out and moved them around. We know better now.
on 5/11/06 22:50, Scott Cadillac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Fix your <label> tags, they appear to be surrounding both radio buttons. > > The <label> tag has a special function with regards to form controls. They do > more than just display text. > > Try: > > <input name="address_type" id="at1" type="radio" value="Home" > checked="checked"> > <label for="at1">Home</label> > <input name="address_type" id="at2" type="radio" value="Work"> > <label for="at2">Business</label> > > Now you can click just the text to activate your buttons. > > This kind of feature also works with checkboxes, text fields, select lists, > etc... Where the value of the for="" attribute matches the unique id="" of a > given element. > > Hope that helps. > > > Scott Cadillac, > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scott.cadillac.bz > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:33 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Radio button issue IE vs. Firefox >> >> Makes sense but it does not work even with the change in syntax. >> >> This is how it looks in view source now >> >> <td colspan="2"><label> >> <input name="address_type" type="radio" value="Home" >> checked="checked" /> >> Home >> >> <input name="address_type" type="radio" >> value="Work" /> >> Business >> </label></td> >> >> It is late and it has been a frustrating day so maybe I just >> am not seeing >> it. >> >> <tr align="left"> >> <td colspan="2"><label> >> <input type="radio" name="address_type" >> value="Home" checked="checked" /> >> Home >> <input type="radio" name="address_type" >> value="Work" /> >> Business >> </label></td> >> </tr> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: William M Conlon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Radio button issue IE vs. Firefox >> >> Then Phil and I are right. >> >> You MUST validate xhtml!!! >> >> On May 11, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Dan Stein wrote: >> >>> The definition is >>> >>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" >>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> >>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> >>> >>> >>> on 5/11/06 21:13, Phil Wade at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Dan, >>>> It will depend on the HTML definition on the page but try: >>>> >>>> <input type="radio" name="address_type" value="Home" >>>> checked="checked" /> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/05/2006, at 11:00 AM, Dan Stein wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is strange >>>>> >>>>> <tr align="left"> >>>>> <td colspan="2"><label> >>>>> <input type="radio" >>>>> name="address_type" value="Home" checked /> >>>>> Home >>>>> <input type="radio" >>>>> name="address_type" value="Work" /> >>>>> Business >>>>> </label></td> >>>>> </tr> >>>>> >>>>> Works just fine in IE >>>>> >>>>> In firefox the radio button will not change from the checked one >>>>> >>>>> Anyone seen this before >>>>> >> ____________________________________________________________________ >>>>> ____ >>>>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to >> http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >>>> ___ >>>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Stein >>> FileMaker 7 Certified Developer >>> Digital Software Solutions >>> 799 Evergreen Circle >>> Telford PA 18969 >>> Land: 215-799-0192 >>> Cell: 610-256-2843 >>> Fax 413-410-9682 >>> FMP, WiTango, EDI,SQL 2000, MySQL, CWP >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> www.dss-db.com >>> >>> "I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends." >>> >>> Abraham Lincoln >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> ________ >>> __ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to >> http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf >> >> Bill >> >> William M. 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