> I can't speak for screen readers since I've never used one my self...
> But would there be any reason you couldn't do both and please the
> client and the screen reader(assuming it does help them)? a simple
> <strong>* First Name</strong>
>
> Just something I thought of :)
Interesting discussion. You could also use more meaningful flags like the
word "Required" instead of "*" and style this content in red/bold. This
means that everyone, including screen reader users understand the
implications much more clearly (as long as this information is included
inside the label element.
For example:
<label for="details-email">
Email <span class="required">(Required)</span>:
</label>
Or...
<label for="details-email">
Email <strong>(Required)</strong>:
</label>
Then you could easily style it with something like:
label strong (or "label span.required")
{
color: red;
font-weight: bold
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 85%;
}
You can even position this "required" content after the <input> element
using absolute positioning as Derek Featherstone has proposed.
HTH
Russ
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