Those IDs can be used as "hooks" to allow CSS and JavaScript to interact with your individual form elements. --- Dale Cruse 617.640.0856 http://www.DaleJCruse.com
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) < [email protected]> wrote: > Good day, > > When making a form in Dreamweaver it puts in id="same as name" in to every > form item. When I take out all the id attributes the form still works. Why > are the id attributes being put in by DW and, more importantly, is there an > accessibility issue if I take them out? > i.e. - > > <textarea name="Comments" cols="60" rows="5"></textarea> > vs. > <textarea name="Comments" id="Comments" cols="60" rows="5"></textarea> > > and > > <input type="submit" name="submit2" value="Submit" /> > vs. > <input type="submit" name="submit2" id="submit" value="Submit" /> > > > Thank you, > Kevin > > ******************************************************************* > 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] *******************************************************************
