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Bug 5835 - no apparent mechanism for applying a caption to a fieldset
Summary: no apparent mechanism for applying a caption to a fieldset
Status: VERIFIED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: NoReply
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Reported: 2008-07-05 09:33 UTC by steve faulkner
Modified: 2010-10-04 13:56 UTC (History)
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Description steve faulkner 2008-07-05 09:33:59 UTC 
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
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2008-07-05 19:00:56 UTC 
<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.
Comment 2 steve faulkner 2008-07-05 19:22:03 UTC 
(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.
Comment 3 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-14 13:15:08 UTC 
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.