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    copied!<p>I saw 2 different method on same form example:</p> <p>on <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prettyaccessibleforms/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prettyaccessibleforms/</a> why they are using 2 method in first <code>fieldset</code> they are keeping <code>input</code> after <code>label</code>and in 2nd <code>fieldset</code> they are keeping <code>input</code> after <code>label</code>. Why?</p> <pre><code>&lt;fieldset&gt; &lt;legend&gt;Delivery Details&lt;/legend&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;label for="name"&gt;Name&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/label&gt; &lt;input id="name" /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;label for="address1"&gt;Address&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/label&gt; &lt;input id="address1" /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;label for="address2"&gt;Address 2&lt;/label&gt; &lt;input id="address2" /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;label for="town-city"&gt;Town/City&lt;/label&gt; &lt;input id="town-city" /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;label for="county"&gt;County&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/label&gt; &lt;input id="county" /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;label for="postcode"&gt;Postcode&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/label&gt; &lt;input id="postcode" /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;fieldset&gt; &lt;legend&gt;Is this address also your invoice » address?&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/legend&gt; &lt;label&gt;&lt;input type="radio" » name="invoice-address" /&gt; Yes&lt;/label&gt; &lt;label&gt;&lt;input type="radio" » name="invoice-address" /&gt; No&lt;/label&gt; &lt;/fieldset&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/fieldset&gt; </code></pre> <p>why they are sometime keeping <code>input</code> after <code>label</code> and sometime inside?</p> <p>Update:</p> <p>here <a href="http://www.usability.com.au/resources/forms.cfm" rel="noreferrer">http://www.usability.com.au/resources/forms.cfm</a> they are also keeping <code>input</code> after <code>label</code> not inside</p>
 

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