HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
<legend>
Function
Creates a legend for a field set within a form
accesskey
,
align
,
class
,
dir
,
id
,
lang
,
onClick
,
onDblClick
,
onKeyDown
,
onKeyPress
,
onKeyUp
,
onMouseDown
,
onMouseMove
,
onMouseOut
,
onMouseOver
,
onMouseUp
,
style
,
title
Attributes
End tag
</legend>
; may be omitted in HTML
Contains
legend_content
Used in
form_content
In addition to supporting many of the form element attributes described
the
align
attribute. The value of
align
may be
top
,
bottom
,
left
, or
right
,
instructing the browser where the legend should be placed with respect
to the field set.
Bringing all these tags together, here are a field set and legend contain-
ing a few form elements, individually labeled:
<fieldset>
<legend>Personal information</legend>
<label>Name:<input type="text" /></label>
