Label element 'for' attribute question

[Michael S Elledge]

Sounds like the way to go!

Mike

E.J. Zufelt wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> It's not that the fieldset and legend elements need to replace the 
> label elements here, but the will supplement the label element.  If 
> the checkboxes are all pertaining to the same topic then this would be 
> the best approach.
>
> As for how it sounds, each AT treats this differently.  Some ATs 
> ignore the fieldset/legend altogether, some speak the legend (label) 
> when you tab to the first control in a fieldset, but not for the 
> subsequent controls, others sspeak the legend for each control in the 
> fieldset.
>
> For instance, for the following code JAWS would speak "Group of 
> Checkboxes, checkbox 1"
>
> <fieldset>
> <legend>Group of Checkboxes</legend>
> <input type=checkbox" id="cb1" />
> <label for="cb1">Checkbox 1</label>
> </fieldset>
>
> HTH,
> Everett
>
>     
> On 25-Mar-09, at 10:52 AM, Michael S Elledge wrote:
>
>> That's an interesting idea, Eli! I've only seen fieldset and legend 
>> used for grouping similar questions within a form, not for elements 
>> within a question. How does it sound with a screen reader?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Eli Cochran wrote:
>>> I think that the way to handle this is not with a label tag at all 
>>> but the <fieldset> and <legend> tags which are a standard way to 
>>> group form elements together.
>>>
>>> There are some standard styles applied to these elements which 
>>> should be overridden by our css-reset.
>>>
>>> - Eli
>>>
>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Anastasia Cheetham wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about best practices around the 'for' attribute 
>>>> on a <label> element.
>>>>
>>>> UI Options has a group of checkboxes for how to highlight links. 
>>>> Each of the checkboxes has its own label, and the 'for' attributes 
>>>> reference the relevant input fields. However, the collection of 
>>>> checkboxes also has a label.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know how to associate the 'group' <label> with the 
>>>> collection of checkboxes? I've checked the WCAG guidelines, but 
>>>> they've not been helpful.
>>>>
>>>> --Anastasia Cheetham                   a.cheetham at utoronto.ca
>>>> Software Designer, Fluid Project    http://fluidproject.org
>>>> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Eli Cochran
>>> user interaction developer
>>> ETS, UC Berkeley
>>>
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