Question about a <b> in the inner text of a label

[johngilmer@yahoo.com]

I have three radio buttons that are possible answers to a question. I
have put them in a table and there is a label that goes with each radio
button as its text. I would like to make some of the text of the label
bold, so I have put <b> tags around the text I want bold. But it
doesn't work; the text that should be bold is just regular. Any ideas
would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Here is the html:

<table id="ANSWERS_4" border="0"
style="color:#0 03366;font-family:Arial;fo nt-size:12pt;">
<tr>
<td>
<input id="ANSWERS_4_0 " type="radio" value="A" />
<label for="ANSWERS_4_ 0"><b>This text is bold</b> 200 mg/dL</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input id="ANSWERS_4_1 " type="radio" value="B" />
<label for="ANSWERS_4_ 1">350 mg/dL</label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Re: Question about a &lt;b&gt; in the inner text of a label

johngilmer@yaho o.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have three radio buttons that are possible answers to a question.[/color]

The sample you posted has just two. It often happens that when people
post just an excerpt of code, they inadvertantly modify it in a manner
that prevents proper analysis of the problem, or omit a relevant part.
To put it simply: post the URL
[color=blue]
> I have put them in a table and there is a label that goes with each
> radio button as its text.[/color]

OK, though I don't see a particular reason to use a table - you have
just one cell per row.
[color=blue]
> I would like to make some of the text of
> the label bold, so I have put <b> tags around the text I want bold.[/color]

Why? The <b> markup says 'I'd like to have this bold, but I can't say
why'. If it is for emphasis, <strong> is more logical. Either way, no
problem - you can use text-level markup inside a label element.
[color=blue]
> But it doesn't work; the text that should be bold is just regular.[/color]

Your excerpt is displayed with the desired text in bold
on IE 6 and Mozilla on my system.

Please post the URL, and identify the browser(s) you tested.
[color=blue]
> <table id="ANSWERS_4" border="0"
> style="color:#0 03366;font-family:Arial;fo nt-size:12pt;">[/color]

Bad CSS: you should always set background when you set color, and
you should not set a fixed font size. The size 12pt is too big to many,
too small to many.
[color=blue]
> <input id="ANSWERS_4_0 " type="radio" value="A" />[/color]

Your input elements lack the name attribute, without which they are
useless.

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