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Posting from a form to a specific fragment identifier on the page helps to indicate that something on the page has changed, and allows you to provide a conveniently worded skip link to bypass a repeated form.
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Use absolute positioning and a more logical source order to make forms with optional fields more usable to keyboard users and those using screen readers.
- About Derek Featherstone
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Photo courtesy Patrick Lauke
Derek Featherstone is a well known instructor, speaker and developer with expertise in web accessibility consulting.
Derek delivers technical training that is engaging, informative and immediately applicable. A high-quality instructor, he draws on his background as a former high school teacher plus seven years running his web development and accessibility consultancy Further Ahead
His experience includes hands-on development, web accessibility consulting and training. He advises many government agencies, educational institutions and private sector companies providing them with expert accessibility testing and review and recommendations for improving the accessibility of their web sites to all people.
As a member of the Web Standards Project (webstandards.org), Derek serves on two task forces: Accessibility/Assistive Devices and DOM Scripting. He is a dedicated advocate for standards that ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.
Recent Highlights
- Designing for Accessibility: Beyond the Basics Presented at Web Essentials ‘05 September 2005, Sydney, Australia
- Accessibility Myths
- Form Error Messages
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Use absolute positioning to visually place error messages after the form control they are associated with while keeping them as part of the form control’s label.
- Required Form Fields
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Use a separate fieldset for required fields, or denote them with an asterisk that is visually placed to the right of the input control using absolute positioning but is part of the label.