[Accessibility_sig] Search question

[Hardy, Richard]

A code example of what Mike is referring to would be similar too:

<form  method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">
<label for="searchterm" style="margin-left:-9999px;">Search term</label>
<fieldset>
<a name="search">
<input title="search" type="text" name="q" size="15" maxlength="255"
id="searchterm" /></a>
<input type="submit" name="btnG" value="Site Search" />
<input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="knowbility.org" />
</fieldset>
</form>
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Jess Hardy
Web Services
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org
[mailto:accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org] On Behalf Of Moore,
Michael
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:09 PM
To: aronn at knowbility.org; Discussion list for web and software
accessibility issues
Subject: Re: [Accessibility_sig] Search question

Lift looks for a label element.  The search form uses the title
attribute to provide accessibility because there is no. There is no
accessibility issue. There is not a visible label there to wrap a tag
around. Jim Thatcher's book lists this as an acceptable method when a
visible label does not exist.    If you really feel that passing lift is
important you have two choices.  Add a visible label "Search" to the
left of the text input, or create a label and "hide" it using CSS,
basically by positioning it off screen. If you do this you will probably
want to change the text in the button that launches the search.

BTW a border is appearing around the field set that contains the search
form. I am not sure if you want that.

mike

-----Original Message-----
From: accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org
[mailto:accessibility_sig-bounces at knowbility.org] On Behalf Of Aimee
Ronn (Knowbility)
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:59 PM
To: accessibility_sig at knowbility.org
Subject: [Accessibility_sig] Search question

Knowbility's "Search" form which appears on the top right hand corner of
each page is being rated "inaccessible" by LIFT. Is LIFT up-to-date? 
What would make the "Search" form accessible? Also, via Google, I found
several pages recommending what to do, but the newest page was 2006. Any
suggestions on where to look and how? Thanks so much.

Aimee Ronn

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