Comments on: Legends of style

By: John Faulds

John Faulds — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:02:27 +0000

Not that I've tried it but I imagine it'd just be a case of adding padding to the bottom of your fieldset rather than the top and using a value for bottom rather than top.

By: Vanishree KS

Vanishree KS — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:32:24 +0000

Is there any way to have the legend text to be aligned to bottom. By default it is left-top corner. Now I want it to be
left-bottom . Any help please….

By: tech

tech — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:44:27 +0000

i thing the styles 4 and 5 is overflow, but this example word for me, thanks for sharing.

By: Web Accessibility of Checkboxes, Radio Buttons: the Fieldset | Accessibility Associates

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:31:52 +0000

[...] as far as accommodations go, this one is a pretty minor compromise. Tyssen Design’s article, Legends of Style is a few years old but shows some of the nitty-gritty style [...]

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:30:16 +0000

I haven’t read all the replies, but another way to avoid extra markup is to add it with JavaScript.

As long as things look ok without the extra markup (in case of JS failing), most users will get the good stuff.

By: John Faulds

John Faulds — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:27:05 +0000

I think you’ll find with legends, that Firefox also has problems.

By: Pariuri Sportive

Pariuri Sportive — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:39:46 +0000

Few things are are frustrating to work with in CSS as fieldset and legend. Of course, this is all IE�s fault � every other browser handles them pretty consistently, while IE is way out in left field.

By: Geek is a Lift-Style. »Archive » Best Of March 2008

Geek is a Lift-Style. »Archive » Best Of March 2008 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:43:11 +0000

[...] Legends of Style It�s a well-established fact that achieving cross browser consistency when styling form controls is an �exercise in futility�. And one of those elements that just won�t play ball is the legend tag. [...]

By: John Faulds

John Faulds — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:16:51 +0000

Well one of the main points of the article is to attach the styling to the div wrapping the fieldset instead of the fieldset itself.

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:14:19 +0000

I can’t because in the fieldset i use a legend.