HTML legend Tag

Example

Group related elements in a form:

<form>
  <fieldset>
    <legend>Personalia:</legend>
    Name: <input type="text"size="30"><br>
    Email: <input type="text"size="30"><br>
    Date of birth: <inputtype="text" size="10">
  </fieldset>
</form>

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Definition and Usage

The <legend> tag defines a caption for the <fieldset> element.

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Browser Support

Element
<legend>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The "align" attribute is not supported in HTML5.

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Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
align	top bottom left right	Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of the caption

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Global Attributes

The <legend> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

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Event Attributes

The <legend> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

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Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: Legend Object

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Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <legend> element with the following default values:

Example

legend {
  display: block;
  padding-left: 2px;
  padding-right: 2px;
  border: none;}

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