Hi TIA, in Nicks' example, which i was referring to, there were label elements inside other label elements wrapped around a form control, which is not valid, but thanks for pointing out about the explicit [for/id] association of multiple labels to a control, it hadn't occured to me before.
I will do some testing with assitive tech to see how they handle multiple explicit labels. with regards Steven Faulkner Web Accessibility Consultant National Information & Library Service (NILS) 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 Phone: (613) 9864 9281 Fax: (613) 9864 9210 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Information Library Service A subsidiary of RBS.RVIB.VAF Ltd. Terrence Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] <select> as form label group.org 22/10/2004 01:23 PM Please respond to wsg Multiple labels for a single form control is valid HTML, however a single label for multiple form controls is not: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.9 Steven, can you be more specific about the barriers multiple labels present? TIA ./tdw On 2004-10-22 2:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Please do not associate multiple label elemnts with an input or > multiple inputs with a single label element, both things will bugger > up the associations for assistive tech (which is a major reason to > use labels in the first place. ) in either case it is also not valid > HTML. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************