[access-uk] Re: accessible html forms
- From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:18:52 -0000
MessageDamon,
It's worth checking that form labels have been applied properly. With radio
buttons there is no way to explicitly associate a single label with a series of
radio buttons. Only a single label can be applied to each individual radio
button and a relationship between them then established through the name
attribute. For example:
<p>
What is your favourite colour?
<br />
<input type="radio" name="colour" id="red" value="red" /><label
for="red">Red</label>
<input type="radio" name="colour" id="blue" value="blue" /><label
for="blue">Blue</label>
<input type="radio" name="colour" id="green" value="green" /><label
for="green">Green</label>
</p>
I suspect your form may not have labels at all for this series of radio
buttons, or if there is a label it has been wrapped around the question or at
least associated with all the radio buttons as a group.
The problem with the solution, is that the question isn't read out when in
forms mode, so your best bet is to make sure that each radio option makes
logical sense, as in:
<p>
What is your favourite colour?
<br />
<input type="radio" name="colour" id="red" value="red" /><label for="red">My
favourite colour is red</label>
<input type="radio" name="colour" id="blue" value="blue" /><label for="blue">My
favourite colour is blue</label>
<input type="radio" name="colour" id="green" value="green" /><label
for="green">My favourite colour is green</label>
</p>
Hope this makes some sense.
Cheers,
Tink.
----- Original Message -----
From: Damon Rose
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: [access-uk] accessible html forms
Wondering if anyone could help me on the accessibility of forms. I've looked
at the RNIB's access centre website but it's not very clear.
WE're putting together a survey on the Ouch website at the moment.
Our screenreader access issue goes like this:
1: you land on the question
2: you arrow down thru the options but, before every option the question is
read out again.
When the question is very very long, this causes issues.
Is there a way of getting to the question on the survey, hearing the question
only once and then arrowing thru the radio button option but only hearing the
option not the question and option every time you arrow down?
Any thoughts appreciated.
...Damon
damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx
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