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› January 29, 2002

Forms accessibility: FIELDSET

  • Reported by francois

Reading up on making forms accessible -- TABINDEX, LABEL, ACCESSKEY, etc. -- I came across the HTML4.0 tag FIELDSET that I've never heard of before. It is used to semantically group a number of fields together under a single caption, but also visually renders this using a border interrupted by the caption familiar to all from Windows dialog boxes. Before I start using it, does anyone know of any serious browser incompatibilities?

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1. January 29, 2002 09:42 AM

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pup Posted…

from what i can find, "fieldset" and "legend" are supported by ie4+ and nn6+. and don't forget "label", my favorite little-known form tag.

2. January 29, 2002 09:47 AM

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francois Posted…

LABEL is one of the nicest of the HTML 4.0 accessibility improvements, because besides good karma they also come with a tangible benefit to sighted users: they make text captions clickable, greatly increasing the "hit area" of checkboxes and radio buttons. Fitts would be pleased.