5835 2008-07-05 09:33:59 +0000 no apparent mechanism for applying a caption to a fieldset 2010-10-04 13:56:31 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All VERIFIED INVALID NoReply P2 normal --- 1 faulkner.steve ian mike olivier.gendrin public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 21069 0 faulkner.steve 2008-07-05 09:33:59 +0000 the html 4.01 spec provides a method to associate a caption with a set of form controls contained within a fieldset using the legend element. "The LEGEND element allows authors to assign a caption to a FIELDSET. The legend improves accessibility when the FIELDSET is rendered non-visually." [1] There does not appear to be a mechanism to do this in HTML5 as the legend element has been co-opted for use with the figure element. Is a mechanism going to be provided? [1]http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#h-17.10 21070 1 ian 2008-07-05 19:00:56 +0000 <legend> in HTML5 is used with <fieldset> (currently defined in WF2), <figure>, and <details>. Whether WF2 is merged into the body of HTML5 or not currently depends on the result of this survey: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/wfreq/ I encourage you to vote on this survey. 21071 2 faulkner.steve 2008-07-05 19:22:03 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > <legend> in HTML5 is used with <fieldset> (currently defined in WF2), <figure>, > and <details>. > > Whether WF2 is merged into the body of HTML5 or not currently depends on the > result of this survey: > > http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/wfreq/ > > I encourage you to vote on this survey. > thank you for clearing that one up for me. 32973 3 mjs 2010-03-14 13:15:08 +0000 This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy. If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.