Clicking an image nested inside a label element with a for attribute unexpectedly does not transfert focus to its associated, targeted form control in Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8

Steps to reproduce: click the Google images below

Image download support must be enabled

Expected results: the inputs type="text", the textareas should get focused and a blinking caret should appear inside those text input controls; the checkboxes should change state, should toggle checked or unchecked.

Reference: "When a LABEL element receives focus, it passes the focus on to its associated control."
coming from HTML 4.01, section 17.9.1 The LABEL element

This bug has been reported at connect's IE beta feedback as bug 348575. This bug has been closed by the IE team and will not be fixed for the release of IE 8 final.

Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3, Opera 9.26, Opera 9.50, Safari 3.0.4, Safari 3.1, Konqueror 3.5.8, Seamonkey 1.x, Seamonkey 2.x, NS 7.2, K-meleon 1.x, Galeon 2.0.4, Epiphany 2.22 all pass this test.

Credit must go to Batiste Bieler for discovering, reporting this bug and for providing a testcase on this precise bug.