ISSUE-200: Allow wrapping LEGEND (or new iLEGEND) in non-FIELDSET elements

legend-placement

Allow wrapping LEGEND (or new iLEGEND) in non-FIELDSET elements

State:

CLOSED

Product:

HTML 5 spec

Raised by:

Sam Ruby

Opened on:

2012-01-16

Description:

Raised on behalf of Marat Tanalin and
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12834 :

Section: "The legend element"
(http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#the-legend-element).

Wrong spec part: "Contexts in which this element can be used: As the first
child of a fieldset element."

This is bad and harmful requirement. LEGEND should be allowed to be placed
inside DIV (_common_ container element) as well as after any other element.
"First child" requirement makes many visual designs unimplementable. For
example, DIV-wrapping might be needed to place something to the left of legend
with arbitrary paddings and so on.

Currently, web developers are forced to just _drop_ LEGEND element in such
cases and just use another element (e.g. H2-H6 element) instead of LEGEND when
exactly LEGEND would be more appropriate than H2, but is not allowed just
because "validator said this is invalid".

Spec should not force web developers to use wrong semantic solutions. Using H2
(or any other element) in place of LEGEND (where actually LEGEND is
semantically appropriate) is wrong.

Probable correct description for contexts in which LEGEND can be used:
"First _structural_ (semantic) parent element of LEGEND should be FIELDSET".
This means that FIELSET can contain any number of nested DIV elements, and
LEGEND may be inside one of them as well as (but NOT only allowed) direct
child of FIELDSET, and order of elements (including LEGEND) inside FIELDSET
can be _any_ that is necessary in a specific case (LEGEND should NOT be needed
to be exactly first semantic child of FIELDSET).

Otherwise, LEGEND will be just dropped by web developer in cases when LEGEND
just cannot be exactly first child according to specific visual design layout.

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1. Re: HTML-ISSUE-200 (legend-placement): Allow wrapping LEGEND (or new iLEGEND) in non-FIELDSET elements [HTML 5 spec] (from youjoomlallc@gmail.com on 2013-01-14)
2. [minutes] 20120726 HTML WG (from plh@w3.org on 2012-07-27)
3. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-26 - issues, decisions and task force reports (from krisk@microsoft.com on 2012-07-26)
4. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-26 - issues, decisions and task force reports (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-07-25)
5. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-19 - issues, decisions and surveys (from eoconnor@apple.com on 2012-07-19)
6. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-19 - issues, decisions and surveys (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-07-18)
7. RE: {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-11 - actions, issues, task force reports (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-07-13)
8. RE: {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-11 - actions, issues, task force reports (from eric.sun@huawei.com on 2012-07-13)
9. RE: {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-11 - actions, issues, task force reports (from eric.sun@huawei.com on 2012-07-13)
10. RE: {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-11 - actions, issues, task force reports (from eric.sun@huawei.com on 2012-07-13)
11. {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-11 - actions, issues, task force reports (from glenn@skynav.com on 2012-07-12)
12. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-06-28 - actions, issues, rechartering, editor (from krisk@microsoft.com on 2012-07-12)
13. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-07-11 - actions, issues, task force reports (from mjs@apple.com on 2012-07-11)
14. ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Straw Poll for Objections (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-07-10)
15. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-06-30)
16. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from eoconnor@apple.com on 2012-06-29)
17. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-06-28 - actions, issues, rechartering, editor (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-06-27)
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19. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-06-21 - actions, issues, surveys, task force reports (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-06-22)
20. 答复: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-06-21 - actions, issues, surveys, task force reports (from eric.sun@huawei.com on 2012-06-21)
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22. RE: Chair review of the issue-200 legend-placement change proposals (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-06-18)
23. Re: Chair review of the issue-200 legend-placement change proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-06-14)
24. Re: Chair review of the issue-200 legend-placement change proposals (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-06-07)
25. Re: Chair review of the issue-200 legend-placement change proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-04-22)
26. {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-04-19: issues, decisions, TF reports, Change Proposal reviews (from glenn@skynav.com on 2012-04-19)
27. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-04-19: issues, decisions, TF reports, Change Proposal reviews (from Eliot.Graff@microsoft.com on 2012-04-18)
28. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-04-19: issues, decisions, TF reports, Change Proposal reviews (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-04-18)
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36. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-03-28)
37. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from eoconnor@apple.com on 2012-03-27)
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39. RE: ISSUE-201: canvas-fallback - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-03-22)
40. Re: {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-03-22 (from glenn@skynav.com on 2012-03-22)
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43. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-03-22: issue progress, heartbeat drafts, revert request, F2F registration, task force reports (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-03-21)
44. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from eoconnor@apple.com on 2012-03-13)
45. {minutes} HTML WG telecon 2012-03-01: issue progress and heartbeat drafts (from eoconnor@apple.com on 2012-03-01)
46. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-03-01: issue progress and heartbeat drafts (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-02-29)
47. ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-02-28)
48. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-02-24)
49. [Minutes] (HTML WG telecon 2012-02-23: issue progress, heartbeat drafts, task force reports) (from glenn@skynav.com on 2012-02-23)
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53. HTML WG telecon 2012-02-16: issue progress, heartbeat drafts, task force reports (from mjs@apple.com on 2012-02-21)
54. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-02-21)
55. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-02-21)
56. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com on 2012-02-21)
57. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from mtanalin@yandex.ru on 2012-02-21)
58. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-02-20)
59. Re: ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-02-20)
60. [minutes] HTML WG telecon 2012-02-16: issue progress (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-02-16)
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65. HTML WG Minutes (Re: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-01-19: issue progress, other business) (from glenn@skynav.com on 2012-01-19)
66. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-01-19: issue progress, other business (from janina@rednote.net on 2012-01-18)
67. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2012-01-19: issue progress, other business (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-01-18)
68. Change in status on 4 bugs (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2012-01-17)
69. ISSUE-200: legend-placement - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2012-01-17)
70. HTML-ISSUE-200 (legend-placement): Allow wrapping LEGEND (or new iLEGEND) in non-FIELDSET elements [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-01-16)

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