[html5] grouping radio buttons with images

[Eva Michalcak]

thank you for your answers, jukka and nathan just one more doubt: the group
of radiobuttons itself is contained within a label-tag. so it would be ok to
nest the others inside?

2011/6/23 Jukka K. Korpela <jukka.k.korpela at kolumbus.fi>

> 2011-06-23 14:37, Nathan Ziarek wrote:
>
>  what would be the right choice for grouping the radio and the image
>>> toghether?
>>>
>>
>> *<label>*
>>
>
> Yes, and it does more than grouping: it associates them with each other,
> possibly affecting the behavior of the user interface (as discussed below).
>
>
>  Semantically, it's still correct, since the image is the "description"
>> of the radio button choice.
>>
>
> Well, the label element content is supposed to be a "description" in _some_
> sense - typically, a name, abbreviation, or short phrase, rather than a
> description proper. (For example, the word "apple", not a description of an
> apple.) And an image can play this role too.
>
> Besides, as every image shall have an alt attribute (except for rare
> exceptions that hardly apply here), there is also a textual label available,
> though usually hidden, on graphic browsers.
>
>
>  And, assuming you use the "for" attribute,
>> there is the added benefit that clicking on the image (a larger hit
>> target) activates the radio button.
>>
>
> Yes, that's useful, but that is _not_ required in the specs. It is one
> possibility, and a common one, but "On other platforms, the behavior might
> be just to focus the control, or do nothing."
> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/**web-apps/current-work/**
> multipage/forms.html#the-**label-element<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/forms.html#the-label-element>
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