How about <label> tags?

[Weedpacket]

This just occurred to me during a battle I just had with a recalcitrant mouse (due for cleaning), trying to aim it at one of those little checkbox thingies. If I could just get to the label and click that and have it work I'd have a much bigger target. The irritating bit is that it works off the id= attribute of the field in question, not the name= attribute ('cos using the latter would make things problematic for radio groups) - so the form fields would need ids attached.

E.g.,

<input type="checkbox" id="disablesmilies" name="disablesmilies" value="yes" >
<label for="disablesmilies"><b>Disable Smilies in This Post</b></label>

All this of course assumes that it doesn't involve delving into bits of the board you're not supposed to be delving into.

[Merve]

Originally posted by Weedpacket
This just occurred to me during a battle I just had with a recalcitrant mouse (due for cleaning), trying to aim it at one of those little checkbox thingies. If I could just get to the label and click that and have it work I'd have a much bigger target. The irritating bit is that it works off the id= attribute of the field in question, not the name= attribute ('cos using the latter would make things problematic for radio groups) - so the form fields would need ids attached.

E.g.,

<input type="checkbox" id="disablesmilies" name="disablesmilies" value="yes" >
<label for="disablesmilies"><b>Disable Smilies in This Post</b></label>

All this of course assumes that it doesn't involve delving into bits of the board you're not supposed to be delving into. [/B]

I think that's a great idea. also the acceskey attribute is very good, so Weedpacket's code might looks something like this:

<input type="checkbox" id="disablesmilies" acceskey="D" name="disablesmilies" value="yes" >
<label for="disablesmilies"><b><u>D</u>isable Smilies in This Post</b></label>

It's all about making the site more accessible 🙂

[LordShryku]

While I do agree....I'd like to point out the "tab" and "spacebar" on your keyboard.

[Merve]

<input type="checkbox" id="disablesmilies" acceskey="D" name="disablesmilies" value="yes" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<label for="disablesmilies"><b><u>D</u>isable Smilies in This Post</b></label>

Better now I think.

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by LordShryku
While I do agree....I'd like to point out the "tab" and "spacebar" on your keyboard.

So ... how many tabs would that be, then?
from where the cursor is right now ... 27.
Maybe add them to the tab order?

[LordShryku]

Well then, go backwards. Alt-Tab :p

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by LordShryku
Well then, go backwards. Alt-Tab :p

Okay ... I'll try Shift-Tab myself...
Okay, only 26 that time.

[jstarkey]

Weed, I'll add this soon. Thanks for the suggestion.

[jstarkey]

Weed, I added this last week.

[Weedpacket]

I cleaned my mouse 🙂

No, really; I had meant to reply when I noticed but I must've been in one of my asocial moods at the time.