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These can be configured any way the designer chooses, from three text fields
and a submit button to nine pages of drop-downs, radio buttons, check boxes, verification
scripts, and more. It??�s easy to see how forms become less accessible as their complexity
grows, so it is imperative to structure them with proper HTML.
Use labels, fieldsets, and legends. The tag is a beautiful piece of semantic markup
that links a field to its text description. It provides a larger hit area for the control; for
instance, clicking the text Name in the example shown in Figure 3-4 would automatically
move the cursor into the correct field.
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The markup is dead simple. The attribute for must correspond with the id of the form
element:

One of the lesser-known HTML tags,

, allows a developer to intelligently group
sections of a form. For instance, in an online order form, one fieldset might wrap around
a person??�s shipping address, while another fieldset might wrap around their credit card
information.

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