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USING DREAMWEAVER

Building forms

Last updated 3/28/2012

<label>

RadioButton1</label>

Attach Label Tag Using For Uses the for attribute to wrap a label tag around the form item, as follows:

<label for="radiobutton">RadioButton2</label>

This choice causes the browser to render text associated with a check box and radio button with a focus rectangle, and

enables the user to select the check box and radio button by clicking anywhere in the associated text instead of just the

check box or radio button control.

Note: This is the preferred option for accessibility; however, the functionality may vary depending on the browser.

No Label Tag Does not use a label tag, as follows:

RadioButton3

Access Key Uses a keyboard equivalent (one letter) and the Alt key (Windows) or the Control key (Macintosh) to

select the form object in the browser. For example, if you enter

B as the Access Key, users with a Macintosh browser

could type Control+B to select the form object.

Tab Index Specifies a tab order for the form objects. If you set tab order for one object, you must set the tab order for

all objects.

Setting a tab order is useful when you have other links and form objects on the page and need the user to tab through

them in a specific order.

5 Click Yes to insert a form tag.

The form object appears in the document.

Note: If you press Cancel, the form object appears in the document, but Dreamweaver does not associate accessibility tags

or attributes with it.

Edit accessibility values for a form object

1 In the Document window, select the object.

2 Do one of the following:

• Edit the appropriate attributes in Code view.

• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Edit Tag.

Building ColdFusion forms

About ColdFusion forms

ColdFusion forms provide you with several built-in mechanisms to validate form data. For example, you can check to

make sure a user has entered a valid date. Some form controls have additional features. Several do not have HTML

counterparts, and others directly support dynamically populating the control from data sources.