xsltforms-support

[Xsltforms-support] focus span necessary?

[Stephen C. <Ste...@ut...>]

Hello Alain,

What should be a simple problem, but...

I have a list of xform input controls down the page with an xf:output  
in the  middle. The alignment of the output is slightly different to the 
inputs due to the presence of a small span (class="focus") on the left 
of the input label but not with the output label. However if  in my css 
i have

span.focus {display:none;}

the alignments do not change.

Normally, I'd use a workaround for something like this but in this case 
it may be of interest.

Is it intended that the focus span will have some use?

Thanks


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Stephen Cameron

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Re: [Xsltforms-support] focus span necessary?

[COUTHURES A. <ala...@ag...>]

Hello Stephen,
> The alignment of the output is slightly different to the 
> inputs due to the presence of a small span (class="focus") on the left 
> of the input label but not with the output label. However if  in my css 
> i have
>
> span.focus {display:none;}
>
> the alignments do not change.
>
> Normally, I'd use a workaround for something like this but in this case 
> it may be of interest.
>
> Is it intended that the focus span will have some use?
>   
Actually, within AJAXForms, the focus span was activated and a red dot 
was always displayed. For compatibility reasons with other client-side 
implementations, I have just hidden it...

I still think that the focus span should be good for accessibility 
reasons and I prefer not to remove it. I consider your workaround as 
interesting! It will be committed soon.

Thanks!

-Alain