> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 3:30 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Correct markup of fieldset > > To my mind, one of the most pressing questions that needs to be answered > in any particular case is: "How is the fieldset labelled?" > If it specifically says something like 'postcode' or maybe 'contact > details', and is one of a collection of fieldsets, then the button > should probably be outside. > If the form is simpler, the fieldset is un-labelled, generically > labelled, or the only fieldset, then there is no advantage to moving the > submit button outside of the fieldset. > > Of course, what would be best would be a quick study of what actual > screen-readers speak in these cases - does the closing of a fieldset > lead the user to believe that is the end of the form?
If you mean "legend", then I believe its value is spoken before every single lablel contained in the fieldset. As a side note, with the markup example given in this thread I don't think a fieldset is "necessary"; but one of the advantage of using a fieldset rather than a P or DIV for example is that it creates a new block formatting context, thus it will "contain" floats. -- Regards, Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
