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wruza on Oct 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: HTML Form Validation is underused

Wrapping input into a label also works. Not sure why people tend to separate the two.

And also why browsers started separting these. It’s a checkbox and radio that should contain a text, not vice versa.

pirate3215 on Oct 29, 2024 [–]

One reason I have heard about is implicit labelling doesn't work with all voice control tech, including macOS voice control[1]

[1] https://a11ysupport.io/tests/html_label_element_implicit

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