If I want to have a question with a "Yes/No" radio button. How do I need to mark up the code so that a screen reader reads the question associated with the "yes/no" selection instead of just reading the "Yes" and "No" labels when the radio buttons are selected?
<span>Did you understand this? (choose one) </span>
<label>
<input type="radio" id="yes_no" name="yes_no" value="Yes" />
Yes
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" id="yes_no" name="yes_no" value="No" />
No
</label>
Thanks
For form elements of this nature I use:
<fieldset>
<legend>Did you understand the question?</legend>
<input type="radio" name="yes_no" id="yes">
<label for="yes">Yes</label>
<input type="radio" name="yes_no" id="no">
<label for="no">No</label>
</fieldset>
Also please take note that all ID values on a page should be unique. If you have an element that needs to share a descriptor then add it as a class.
I also use Fieldsets to add a distinct boundary to the radio selection.
And be sure to specify the for="id_value" attribute of the label. This will associate the label with the desired radio button.
<fieldset>
<legend><span>Did you understand this? (choose one) </span></legend>
<label>
<input type="radio" id="yes_no" name="yes_no" value="Yes" />
Yes
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" id="yes_no" name="yes_no" value="No" />
No
</label>
</fieldset>
use the content attribute (if it is available).
Related
I have a HTML form with radio buttons and are able to select multiple but why? I can't help myself.
This is my HTML:
<input type="radio" name="nameA" id="nameA" value="nameA">
<label for="nameA">Choice A</label>
<input type="radio" name="nameB" id="nameB" value="nameB">
<label for="nameB">Choice B</label>
For anyone finding this question: Solution is to give them the same NAME
<input type="radio" name="sameName" id="nameA" value="nameA">
<label for="nameA">Choice A</label>
<input type="radio" name="sameName" id="nameB" value="nameB">
<label for="nameB">Choice B</label>
All radio buttons that share the same name and are controls in the same form are part of a group.
Only one radio button in a group can be checked.
You have two radio buttons with different names. This means that you have two radio groups, each containing one radio button.
You need to put them in the same group (by making them share a name) if you only want one of them to be selected.
(They should still have unique ids (so you can give each one a label) and values (which is how you determine which one was checked when the form is submitted to the server)).
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Thing that is being chosen</legend>
<input type="radio" name="name" id="nameA" value="nameA">
<label for="nameA">Choice A</label>
<input type="radio" name="name" id="nameB" value="nameB">
<label for="nameB">Choice B</label>
</fieldset>
</form>
Whenever you are creating radio buttons (with the intention of
ensuring users would be able to select only 1 option), please ensure
to have the value of the name attribute the same
Please update your code like this :
<input type="radio" name="sameName" id="nameA" value="nameA">
<label for="nameA">Choice A</label>
<input type="radio" name="sameName" id="nameB" value="nameB">
<label for="nameB">Choice B</label>
In my web page I have placed some radio buttons. But these buttons are not working properly. I can check multiple buttons.
code:
<label for="abc" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">xyz</label>
<input type="radio" id="abc" name="abc" >
<label for="bcd" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">abc</label>
<input type="radio" id="bcd" name="bcd" >
<label for="efg" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">ccc</label>
<input type="radio" id="efg" name="efg" >
fiddle
I want to check only one button. Please any one help me.
Because you've different value for name attribute, they should have a common name value, just like you group items.. for example
<input type="radio" name="group1" />
<input type="radio" name="group1" />
<input type="radio" name="group1" />
<!-- You can select any one from each group -->
<input type="radio" name="group2" />
<input type="radio" name="group2" />
<input type="radio" name="group2" />
Demo
<label for="abc" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">xyz</label>
<input type="radio" id="abc" name="abc" >
<label for="bcd" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">abc</label>
<input type="radio" id="bcd" name="abc" >
<label for="efg" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">ccc</label>
<input type="radio" id="efg" name="abc" >
All inputs must have the same name="" attribute value
Radio buttons which are grouped together must have the same case-sensitive name property.
<label for="input1">First Input</label>
<input type="radio" id="input1" name="inputGroup" >
<label for="input2">Second Input</label>
<input type="radio" id="input2" name="inputGroup" >
<label for="input3">Third Input</label>
<input type="radio" id="input3" name="inputGroup" >
JSFiddle demo.
From the HTML specification:
Radio buttons are like checkboxes except that when several share the same control name, they are mutually exclusive.
Give same name to all radio button from which you want to select one option
<label for="abc" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">xyz</label>
<input type="radio" id="abc" name="abc" >
<label for="bcd" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">abc</label>
<input type="radio" id="bcd" name="abc" >
<label for="efg" style="margin-top:-20px;margin-left:40px">ccc</label>
<input type="radio" id="efg" name="abc" >
Now it will work properly
Name attribute needs to be the same. Name groups radio buttons together to make them one unit.
Name them the same way, and in your php or receiving code it will be something like
$_POST['name'] = 'value of selected radio button'
The name setting tells which group of radio buttons the field belongs to. When you select one button, all other buttons in the same group are unselected.
If you couldn't define which group the current button belongs to, you could only have one group of radio buttons on each page.
e.g :
<input type="radio" name="fruit1" value="Apple"> Apple <br>
<input type="radio" name="fruit1" value="Apricot" checked> Apricot <br>
<input type="radio" name="fruit1" value="Avocado"> Avocado
<hr>
<input type="radio" name="fruit2" value="Banana"> Banana<br>
<input type="radio" name="fruit2" value="Breadfruit"> Breadfruit<br>
<input type="radio" name="fruit2" value="Bilberry" checked> Bilberry
Give the name the same attribute.
The checked attribute can be used to indicate which value should be selected. Somewhere in your syntax for the value you want checked write checked="checked"
I reached this thread searching the keywords "html radio not working". After reviewing my code, I noticed that I used a javascript method "event.preventDefault();" in this custom function that I've made where the HTML node that triggered this event in that custom function were the "not working" radio parent. So I solved my problem removing the "event.preventDefault();". If someone reached this thread in the future, I hope this help you somehow (even for debbuging purposes).
Does the label tag work with radio buttons? If so, how do you use it? I have a form that displays like this:
First Name: (text field)
Hair Color: (color drop-down)
Description: (text area)
Salutation: (radio buttons for Mr., Mrs., Miss)
I'd like to use the label tag for each label in the left column to define its connection to the appropriate control in the right column. But If I use a radio button, the spec seems to indicate that suddenly the actual "Salutation" label for the form control no longer belongs in the label tag, but rather the options "Mr., Mrs., etc." go in the label tag.
I've always been a fan of accessibility and the semantic web, but this design doesn't make sense to me. The label tag explicitly declares labels. The option tag selection options. How do you declare a label on the actual label for a set of radio buttons?
UPDATE:
Here is an example with code:
<tr><th><label for"sc">Status:</label></th>
<td> </td>
<td><select name="statusCode" id="sc">
<option value="ON_TIME">On Time</option>
<option value="LATE">Late</option>
</select></td></tr>
This works great. But unlike other form controls, radio buttons have a separate field for each value:
<tr><th align="right"><label for="???">Activity:</label></th>
<td> </td>
<td align="left"><input type="radio" name="es" value="" id="es0" /> Active
<input type="radio" name="es" value="ON_TIME" checked="checked" id="es1" /> Completed on Time
<input type="radio" name="es" value="LATE" id="es2" /> Completed Late
<input type="radio" name="es" value="CANCELED" id="es3" /> Canceled</td>
</tr>
What to do?
Does the label tag work with radio buttons?
Yes
If so, how do you use it?
Same way as for any other form control.
You either give it a for attribute that matches the id of the control, or you put the control inside the label element.
I'd like to use the label tag for each label in the left column
A label is for a control, not a set of controls.
If you want to caption a set of controls, use a <fieldset> with a <legend> (and give a <label> to each control in the set).
<fieldset>
<legend> Salutation </legend>
<label> <input type="radio" name="salutation" value="Mr."> Mr. </label>
<label> <input type="radio" name="salutation" value="Mrs."> Mrs. </label>
<!-- etc -->
</fieldset>
Ah yes. Here’s how it works.
<label> labels individual fields, hence each <input type="radio"> gets its own <label>.
To label a group of fields (e.g. several radio buttons that share the same name), you use a <fieldset> tag with a <legend> element.
<fieldset>
<legend>Salutation</legend>
<label for="salutation_mr">Mr <input id="salutation_mr" name="salutation" type="radio" value="mr"><label>
<label for="salutation_mrs">Mrs <input id="salutation_mrs" name="salutation" type="radio" value="mrs"><label>
<label for="salutation_miss">Miss <input id="salutation_miss" name="salutation" type="radio" value="miss"><label>
<label for="salutation_ms">Ms <input id="salutation_miss" name="salutation" type="radio" value="ms"><label>
</fieldset>
You can use the aria-role="radiogroup" to associate the controls without using a <fieldset>. This is one of the techniques suggested by WCAG 2.0.
<div role="radiogroup" aria-labelledby="profession_label" aria-describedby="profession_help">
<p id="profession_label">What is your profession?</p>
<p id="profession_help">If dual-classed, selected your highest leveled class</p>
<label><input name="profession" type="radio" value="fighter"> Fighter</label>
<label><input name="profession" type="radio" value="mage"> Mage</label>
<label><input name="profession" type="radio" value="cleric"> Cleric</label>
<label><input name="profession" type="radio" value="theif"> Thief</label>
</div>
However, I noticed that using this technique the WebAim Wave tool to give a warning about a missing <fieldset>, so I'm not sure what AT support for this is like.
You can't declare a label for a set of buttons, but for each button.
In this case, the labels are "Mr.", "Mrs." and "Miss", not "Salutation".
UPDATE
Maybe you should just use another tag for this "label" of yours - since it's not really a label.
<tr>
<th align="right" scope="row"><span class="label">Activity:</span></th>
<td> </td>
<td align="left"><label><input type="radio" name="es" value="" id="es0" /> Active </label>
[... and so on]
</tr>
my 2 cents to the topic, or rather a side node (it does not use implicit association to be able to be placed anywhere, but linking):
grouping is done by the name attribute, and linking by the id attribute:
<ol>
<li>
<input type="radio" name="faqList" id="faqListItem1" checked />
<div>
<label for="faqListItem1">i 1</label>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<input type="radio" name="faqList" id="faqListItem2" />
<div>
<label for="faqListItem2">i 2</label>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<input type="radio" name="faqList" id="faqListItem3" />
<div>
<label for="faqListItem3">i 3</label>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
To answer your question: no, you can't connect Salutation to one of the radio buttons. It wouldn't make sense that if you'd click on Salutation, one of the options would be selected. Instead, you can give Mr, Mrs and Miss their own labels, so if someone clicks on one of those words, the corresponding radio button will be selected.
<input id="salutation_mr" type="radio" value="mr" name="salutation">
<label for="salutation_mr">Mr.</label>
<input id="salutation_mrs" type="radio" value="mrs" name="salutation">
<label for="salutation_mrs">Mrs.</label>
<input id="salutation_miss" type="radio" value="miss" name="salutation">
<label for="salutation_miss">Miss</label>
I do think that you could still wrap Salutation inside a <label> element, you just can't use the for attribute. I stand corrected, see the comments below. Although it's technically possible, it's not what <label> was meant for.
The Label's 'for' attribute corresponds to the Radio buttons ID. So...
<label for="thisRad">Radio Button 1</label>
<input type="radio" id="thisRad" />
Hope it helps.
You'd want yours to look something like this...
Salutation<br />
<label for="radMr">Mr.</label><input type="radio" id="radMr" />
<label for="radMrs">Mrs.</label><input type="radio" id="radMrs" />
<label for="radMiss">Miss.</label><input type="radio" id="radMiss" />
I have a form with these fields and for some reason attendance only comes through as 'Yes' despite you selecting the 'No' radio button.
Any ideas why and if there is anything wrong with what I have done?
<label>
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="No" id="attendance" />
Yes</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="Yes" id="attendance" />
No</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="No" id="attendance" />
No</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="Yes" id="attendance" />
Yes</label>
Your label is No while the value of the radio button is Yes :)
Also as others have noted: you cannot have two elements with the same id. You could just use a class for this.
Use this instead:
<label>
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="Yes" id="attendance-yes" />
Yes</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="No" id="attendance-no" />
No</label>
you had your labels and your values reversed...
You can't have the same id for two elements. Remove id or assign different ids.
An id should be unique, so you should give the elements different identities.
I'm not sure if that is the cause of the problem, but that is the only error in the code that you have shown. If that doesn't help, the problem is in the part of the code that you haven't shown.
As others have mentioned, you have swapped the values and labels betwwen the radio buttons, but that seems to be too obvious...
I see two mistakes in the code given:
the label tag should only surround the effective label (not the input tag)
the two items have the same id, i think that's why you always get the same result
You might differenciate the ID as it should be unique. Also you could use the attribute for for the label markup.
Like this :
<label for="attendanceyes">
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="Yes" id="attendanceyes" />
Yes
</label>
<label for="attendanceno">
<input type="radio" name="attendance" value="No" id="attendanceno" />
No
</label>
When using the "label for" parameter on radio buttons, to be 508 compliant*, is the following correct?
<label for="button one"><input type="radio" name="group1" id="r1" value="1" /> button one</label>
or is this?
<input type="radio" name="group1" id="r1" value="1" /><label for="button one"> button one</label>
Reason I ask is that in the second example, "label" is only encompassing the text and not the actual radio button.
*Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires federal agencies to provide software and website accessibility to people with disabilities.
You almost got it. It should be this:
<input type="radio" name="group1" id="r1" value="1" />
<label for="r1"> button one</label>
The value in for should be the id of the element you are labeling.
Either structure is valid and accessible, but the for attribute should be equal to the id of the input element:
<input type="radio" ... id="r1" /><label for="r1">button text</label>
or
<label for="r1"><input type="radio" ... id="r1" />button text</label>
The for attribute is optional in the second version (label containing input), but IIRC there were some older browsers that didn't make the label text clickable unless you included it. The first version (label after input) is easier to style with CSS using the adjacent sibling selector +:
input[type="radio"]:checked+label {font-weight:bold;}
(Firstly read the other answers which has explained the for in the <label></label> tags.
Well, both the tops answers are correct, but for my challenge, it was when you have several radio boxes, you should select for them a common name like name="r1" but with different ids id="r1_1" ... id="r1_2"
So this way the answer is more clear and removes the conflicts between name and ids as well.
You need different ids for different options of the radio box.
<input type="radio" name="r1" id="r1_1" />
<label for="r1_1">button text one</label>
<br/>
<input type="radio" name="r1" id="r1_2" />
<label for="r1_2">button text two</label>
<br/>
<input type="radio" name="r1" id="r1_3" />
<label for="r1_3">button text three</label>