Lucien Stals wrote wrote:
But I am a pragmatic coder and if I wish to group thematically related elements (*not* necessarily form controls), then I'm free to use the fieldset if I wish to.
You are, but unfortunately user agents are then free to misunderstand you. Fieldset was defined in the context of form controls, therefore user agents can and have implemented appropriate functionality. For example, JAWs will generally read out the legend before each label, in a similar way that it deals with data table headings. Given that certain technologies have different modes for dealing with forms, even hinting that you are using a form when you aren't seems like something you'd want to avoid. A more appropriate approach would be 'HTML compounds', patterns, POSH, or what ever you want to call it. I.e. using a <div> with headings etc. Kind regards, -Alastair ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
