LABEL Element in a 2-dimensional table

[Will Handley]

How do you use a LABEL tag within a two dimensional table? In the
examples I've seen for this element, only extremely simple situations
are shown, e.g., <LABEL FOR="wgt">Weigh t:</LABEL><INPUT TYPE="TEXT"
ID="wgt">
But what if you have ...
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TH>WEIGHT</TH>
<TH>HEIGHT</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Girls</TD>
<TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="girlwgt"</TD>
<TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="girlhgt"</TD>
<TR>
<TD>Boys</TD>
<TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="boywgt"</TD>
<TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="boyhgt"</TD>
<TR>
</TABLE>
The label "WEIGHT" in the header refers to both id=girlwgt and
id=boywgt; similarly, the label "Girls" refers to both id=girlwgt and
id=girlhgt.
Do you perhaps use two LABEL elements for each label? Or do you have
only one LABEL element, but with multiple id subelements???

[Brian]

Re: LABEL Element in a 2-dimensional table

Will Handley wrote:[color=blue]
> How do you use a LABEL tag within a two dimensional table?[/color]

Is there another kind? I don't think 3d tables, the kind that an
Excel workbook can create, are possible using HTML.
[color=blue]
> In the examples I've seen for this element, only extremely simple
> situations are shown, e.g., <LABEL FOR="wgt">Weigh t:</LABEL><INPUT
> TYPE="TEXT" ID="wgt"> But what if you have ...[/color]
[color=blue]
> <TABLE>
> <TR>
> <TH>WEIGHT</TH>
> <TH>HEIGHT</TH>
> </TR>
> <TR>
> <TD>Girls</TD>
> <TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="girlwgt"</TD>
> <TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="girlhgt"</TD>
> <TR>
> <TD>Boys</TD>
> <TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="boywgt"</TD>
> <TD>INPUT TYPE="TEXT" ID="boyhgt"</TD>
> <TR>
> </TABLE>[/color]

Your table is invalid: the rows do not have the same number of
columns. That said, the label element cannot point to two form fields.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-LABEL

"The LABEL element may be used to attach information to controls. Each
LABEL element is associated with exactly one form control."
[color=blue]
> The label "WEIGHT" in the header refers to both id=girlwgt and
> id=boywgt; similarly, the label "Girls" refers to both id=girlwgt and
> id=girlhgt.[/color]

The table markup, without a label element, creates a relationship
between the cells of a row. If you wanted, you could add some markup
to the table, e.g., th elements with scope attribute.

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