That was my thinking originally Stuart, which is why I put up the post. The submit button isn't part of a group, so I thought it shouldn't be in a fieldset.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Foulstone Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 4:36 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Correct markup of fieldset -- Stuart Foulstone. On Fri, August 8, 2008 11:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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? > Fieldsets separate related input fields into different sets for ease of comprehension. The closing of a fieldset leads the user to expect another fieldset, a lone input field or a submit button. ******************************************************************* 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] *******************************************************************
