Label Tags

[buster]

Hi all,

I am using label tags to put the focus in a textbox while pressing on the text between the label tag

Like this:

<code>
<LABEL for="name">Name:</LABEL>
<INPUT TYPE="text" id="name">
</code>

So in IE when i press on Name:, it put the focus in the textBox.

It just doesn't take effect in Netscape

Does anybody knows if we have to do something different in order to do that with Netscape

Thanks

[Mark Sreeves]

What version of Netscape are you using?
I've never used labels but they should work with Netscape 6+

[punkpie_uk]

Try what I suggested for you in the ASP forum

[buster]

No it is not kicking in

4.6

So it must not support the label tags

If you come up with an idea, please let me know

Thanks

[Mark Sreeves]

Why do you need labels anyway?

They look a bit pointless to me

[buster]

We need to use the label.

If we click on the text between the label tag it will put the focus in the textBox associated with that particular text

I need to do that. IE supports it well

Do you know another way i can do that

Thanks

[JoshT]

Originally posted by Mark Sreeves
Why do you need labels anyway?

They look a bit pointless to me

They make sense for the logical meaning of their content - a label for a form element, rather than a paragraph or a heading, etc. Should be better for CSS and seperating content from presentation, and making the content mean something besides being an arbitrary bunch of spans and divs.

[Mark Sreeves]

Originally posted by buster


4.6

Why are you developing for such an old browser?

[punkpie_uk]

The label tag is only supported in NN 6+ (6.2, I beleive) according to some documentation I read a while back.

I think this is your problem.