[Sigia-l] GUI elements

[James Aylett]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 06:38:18AM -0400, Ziya Oz wrote:

> > Just to point out that in some cases implementing tabs as /radio/
> > icons makes perfect sense (they should then be styled to look like
> > tabs).
> 
> Hmm. Could you explain that? When does a radio button becoming an action
> control as opposed to a selection control coupled with an action button make
> perfect sense? Tabs, however, are action controls by definition, innit?

It's really an HTML semantics thing. Consider a search box, with a
number of different areas you can search (whole site, news,
etc. etc.). A radio button makes sense here, semantically. However
many sites prefer to show this as a tabbed interface. (Most stop using
radio buttons at the point they introduce tabs, which is semantically
weird and is generally less accessible than styled radio buttons.)

Basically: sometimes tabs aren't being used as action controls.

James

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