Correct the ID's are required for the "for" attribute of the LABEL tag to work; but each ID must be unique.
Best Regards, Nate Hanna On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:54 AM, James O'Neill <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the ID's are required for the 'for' attribute to work for labels, > which enables the their clickability. When these labels are clicked on they > focus on the element whose ID is in the for attribute. > <label for="Comments">Enter you comments:</label> > > Plus having ID's associated allows for more sophisticated form error > handling by having targets.. > > http://www.usability.com.au/resources/forms.cfm > http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=02310 > > Jim > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:37, 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] *******************************************************************
