Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

<LEGEND> — NN n/a IE 4 HTML 4

Synopsis

<LEGEND>...</LEGEND>

End Tag: Required

The LEGEND element acts as a label for a FIELDSET element. In visual browsers, this usually means that the label is visually associated with the group border rendered for the FIELDSET element. Internet Explorer 4 builds the LEGEND element into the FIELDSET border. A text-to-speech browser might read the label aloud as a user navigates through a form. In Internet Explorer, the LEGEND element must come immediately after the start tag of the FIELDSET element for the association to stick. Because the content of the LEGEND element is HTML content, you can assign styles to make the label stand out, if you like.

Example

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="...">
<FIELDSET>
<LEGEND>Credit Card Information</LEGEND>
...inputElementsHere...
</FIELDSET>
</FORM>

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.all.elementID

Attributes

ACCESSKEY	CLASS	ID	LANGUAGE	TITLE
ALIGN	DIR	LANG	STYLE

Event Handler Attributes

Handler	NN	IE	HTML
onClick	n/a	4	4
onDblClick	n/a	4	4
onDragStart	n/a	4	n/a
onHelp	n/a	4	n/a
onKeyDown	n/a	4	4
onKeyPress	n/a	4	4
onKeyUp	n/a	4	4
onMouseDown	n/a	4	4
onMouseMove	n/a	4	4
onMouseOut	n/a	4	4
onMouseOver	n/a	4	4
onMouseUp	n/a	4	4