Index: wp-includes/default-widgets.php
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--- wp-includes/default-widgets.php	(revision 18663)
+++ wp-includes/default-widgets.php	(working copy)
@@ -225,12 +225,18 @@
 		$title = apply_filters('widget_title', empty($instance['title']) ? __('Archives') : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base);
 
 		echo $before_widget;
-		if ( $title )
-			echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
-
+		if ( $title ) {
+			echo $before_title;
+			if ( $d ) {
+				echo '<label for="archive-dropdown">' . $title . '</label>';
+			} else {
+				echo $title;
+			}
+			echo $after_title;
+		}
 		if ( $d ) {
 ?>
-		<select name="archive-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> <option value=""><?php echo esc_attr(__('Select Month')); ?></option> <?php wp_get_archives(apply_filters('widget_archives_dropdown_args', array('type' => 'monthly', 'format' => 'option', 'show_post_count' => $c))); ?> </select>
+		<select id="archive-dropdown" name="archive-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> <option value=""><?php echo esc_attr(__('Select Month')); ?></option> <?php wp_get_archives(apply_filters('widget_archives_dropdown_args', array('type' => 'monthly', 'format' => 'option', 'show_post_count' => $c))); ?> </select>
 <?php
 		} else {
 ?>
@@ -431,8 +437,15 @@
 		$d = $instance['dropdown'] ? '1' : '0';
 
 		echo $before_widget;
-		if ( $title )
-			echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
+		if ( $title ) {
+			echo $before_title;
+			if ( $d ) {
+				echo '<label for="cat">' . $title . '</label>';
+			} else {
+				echo $title;
+			}
+			echo $after_title;
+		}
 
 		$cat_args = array('orderby' => 'name', 'show_count' => $c, 'hierarchical' => $h);