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When I run my page through cynthia and I don't get this checkpoint 12.4.
I get this warning:

Associate labels explicitly with their controls.

* Rule: 12.4.1 - Identify all non-hidden INPUT elements that do not
have an explicit LABEL association.
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 55, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 59, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 62, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 66, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 75, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
* Rule: 12.4.2 - Identify all TEXTAREA elements that do not have an
explicit LABEL association.
o Failure - TEXTAREA Element at Line: 70, Column: 13 in FORM
Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
* Rule: 12.4.3 - Identify all SELECT elements that do not have an
explicit LABEL association.
o No SELECT Elements found within FORM element found at Line:
51, Column: 8.
* Rule: 12.4.4 - Identify all OBJECT elements, within a FORM
element, that do not have an explicit LABEL association.
o No OBJECT Elements found within FORM element found at Line:
51, Column: 8.

What am I supposed to do?

http://mouseriders.dk/tilbud.php

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On 07 Dec 2005 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Kim wrote:

When I run my page through cynthia and I don't get this checkpoint
12.4. I get this warning:

Associate labels explicitly with their controls.
snip /
What am I supposed to do?

http://mouseriders.dk/tilbud.php

There are two ways to associate labels with inputs:
Wrapping:
<label>Input something here<input name="something"></label>
Attribute:
<label for="something">Input something here</label><input
name="something">

Both work about as well; apparently, Cynthia thinks that the
'Attribute' method works better in adaptive user agents. It also has
the advantage that the label and the input tag don't have to be in the
same container, so that you can do something like:

<tr><td><label for="something">Input something here</label></td>
<td><input name="something"></td>
</tr>

So, giving you the long answer to your short question - add a 'for'
attribute to your label tags.

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http://makowiec.net/
Email: http://makowiec.net/email.php

..oO(Kim)

When I run my page through cynthia and I don't get this checkpoint 12.4.
I get this warning:

Associate labels explicitly with their controls.

This means that you should use a 'for' attribute on your labels to
explicitly associate them with their controls. This is required for
outdated browsers like IE which don't support the implicit association
as it is now.

Micha

Thanks for your replies. Much appreciated.

Kim

Kim wrote:

When I run my page through cynthia and I don't get this checkpoint 12.4.
I get this warning:

Associate labels explicitly with their controls.

* Rule: 12.4.1 - Identify all non-hidden INPUT elements that do not
have an explicit LABEL association.
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 55, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 59, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 62, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 66, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
o Failure - INPUT Element, of Type TEXT, at Line: 75, Column:
13 in FORM Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
* Rule: 12.4.2 - Identify all TEXTAREA elements that do not have an
explicit LABEL association.
o Failure - TEXTAREA Element at Line: 70, Column: 13 in FORM
Element at Line: 51, Column: 8
* Rule: 12.4.3 - Identify all SELECT elements that do not have an
explicit LABEL association.
o No SELECT Elements found within FORM element found at Line:
51, Column: 8.
* Rule: 12.4.4 - Identify all OBJECT elements, within a FORM
element, that do not have an explicit LABEL association.
o No OBJECT Elements found within FORM element found at Line:
51, Column: 8.

What am I supposed to do?

http://mouseriders.dk/tilbud.php

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kim
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http://mouseriders.dk

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 01:03:32 +0000 (UTC), Joe Makowiec
<makowiec (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote:

label for="something">Input something here</label><input
name="something"

In order for it to work properly, it needs to identify the input with an
ID instead of a name:

<label for="something">Input something here</label><input
id="something">

Gary

Hi Gary << See I spelled it right this time

In order for it to work properly, it needs to identify the input with an
ID instead of a name:

Yes they did. Thanks a lot.

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kim
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On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:47:12 +0100, Kim <not (AT) this (DOT) com> wrote:

Yes they did. Thanks a lot.

You're welcome, Kim.

Gary