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Clickable Form Labels for Safari and IE - prototype version

Published in: JavaScript 

URL: http://www.freshlabs.de/journal/archives/2006/10/clickable-form-labels-for-safari-and-ie/

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  1. function fixFormLabels(){
  2. 	var labels;
  3.  
  4. 	// enable for IE and Safari
  5. 	if( document.all || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari") > 0){ 
  6. 		labels = document.getElementsByTagName("label");
  7. 		$A(labels).each ( function(label){
  8. 			Event.observe(label, "click", function(){ 
  9. 				var target = $(this.getAttribute('for'));
  10. 				// Checkboxes or radio button labels
  11. 				if(target.type == 'checkbox' || target.type == 'radio')
  12. 					target.checked = target.checked == false ? true : false;
  13. 				else // Textareas and input fields, Select elements
  14. 					target.focus();
  15. 			});
  16. 		});
  17. 	}
  18. }
  19.  
  20. // execute the script when the page has loaded
  21. Event.observe(window,"load", fixFormLabels);

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