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Posted by emma.sax on 08/31/06 09:33
I've been trying to find out the reasons behind placing the label to
the right of a checkbox or radio button and came across and old post:
>Toby A Inkster <UseTheAddressInMy...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>> Aesthetically,
>> [x] an option
>> [x] another option
>> looks nice. Everything lined up. But, for a one-dimensional output
>> medium, such as a screen reader, it makes more sense to have the
>> labels *before* the input
>It has already become the web-wide "standard" to put the checkbox (or
>radio button) before the label. It is now irrelevant whether this was bad
>practice; even if it were, it has already become good practice by
>becoming so universal. If screen readers have problems with it, they need
>to adapt to the "standard", and as far as I know, they have done that.
Are there any reasons/documentation to why they came to be positioned
in this way, apart from being aesthetically pleasing? Why has it
become good practice - who first said said this was how we should do
it?
Thanks
M
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