Re: element content change

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From	"Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
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Subject	Re: element content change
Date	Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:48:36 +0200
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Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

> 2014-08-07 1:59, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> 
>> Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
>>
>>> <LABEL>
>>>     First Name
>>>     <INPUT type="text" name="firstname">
>>> </LABEL>
>>>
>>> So this is a valid way, and kept valid in HTML5, but not a logical way.
>>> There is the practical impact that some old browsers do not support this
>>> way (clicking on the label text does not focus on the control) but they
>>> support the more logical way.
>>
>> Which browsers are you referring to?  The oldest browser I'm aware of
>> that is still in somewhat widespread use is IE 6, and that does properly
>> handle this construct (at least in standards mode--I'm not concerned
>> with quirks mode).
> 
> According to my notes, IE 6 did not support "implicit association" and
> support was added in IE 7. When I tested this long ago, I focused (no
> pun intended) on checkboxes and radio buttons, for which the
> accessibility effect is much more important.

Indeed, you're right.  Thanks for the correction.  FWIW: IE 7 still
doesn't seem to support those "implicit associations" for text inputs.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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element content change teddybubu@gmail.com - 2014-08-05 17:05 -0700
  Re: element content change Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-08-06 11:23 +1000
    Re: element content change Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-06 02:47 +0100
      Re: element content change "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2014-08-06 06:47 +0300
        Re: element content change Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-06 20:27 +0100
      Re: element content change "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-06 15:16 +0200
        Re: element content change Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-06 20:37 +0100
          Re: element content change "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2014-08-06 23:19 +0300
            Re: element content change Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-06 21:54 +0100
              Re: element content change Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-06 21:59 +0100
            Re: element content change "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-07 00:59 +0200
              Re: element content change "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2014-08-07 08:28 +0300
                Re: element content change Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-08-07 11:42 +0100
                Re: element content change "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-08 18:48 +0200
          Re: element content change "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-07 00:54 +0200
  Re: element content change teddybubu@gmail.com - 2014-08-05 19:36 -0700
    Re: element content change Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2014-08-06 08:52 +0200
  Re: element content change Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-08-06 12:52 +0000
  Re: element content change teddybubu@gmail.com - 2014-08-06 05:58 -0700

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