I totally disagree with Lucien. It's nonsensical to suggest you can just ignore parts of a sentence that you find inconvenient. The definition is totally unambiguous - it states "group thematically related controls and labels", not "group thematically related content such as controls and labels".
I say don't even think about it. Day after day in this forum some people seem to be hell-bent on abusing the standards like this? Why? It's not big, it's not clever and it's not necessary. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucien Stals Sent: 05 June 2007 02:42 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Re: Use of Fieldsets other than in form? The HTML 4 specs say... "The FIELDSET element allows authors to group thematically related controls and labels..." While "controls and labels" refer to form controls, the fieldset itself can contain anything. My opinion would be that the important part of the use of fieldset is "group thematically related" content. I say go for it! Lucien. -- Lucien Stals Multimedia/Web Developer Academic Development and Support Swinburne University of Technology PO Box 218 Hawthorn, 3122, Australia email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] telephone: +61 3 9214 4474 office: AD223 >>> On 5/06/2007 at 11:19 am, "Jackie Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quick question for you lot. > > Can fieldsets only to be used in forms or can they be used to group any sort > of related information together (ie: business name, short description, logo > and link). > > thanks > > Jackie > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
