Add a label for a form control in HTML?


In HTML the <label> tag is used to define labels for serval elements like <input>, <progress>, <select>, <meter>, <textarea>.

<input type="checkbox">
<input type="color">
<input type="date">
<input type="datetime-local">
<input type="email">
<input type="file">
<input type="month">
<input type="number">
<input type="password">
<input type="radio">
<input type="range">
<input type="search">
<input type="tel">
<input type="text">
<input type="time">
<input type="url">
<input type="week">
<meter>
<progress>
<select>
<textarea>

Syntax

Following is the usage of <label> tag in HTML −

<label> form content... </label>

The <label> tag uses for and form attributes, now let us see the values and description of for and form attributes.

  • for − It specifies the id of form element the label is associated with. Following is the syntax of for attribute in label -

<label for=”element_id”>
  • form − This attribute is used, when there are multiple forms, and it specifies which form the label belongs to. let the value is form_id, below is the syntax of form attribute in label -

<label form="form_id">

Example

In the following example we are creating a form and adding labels to the controls in it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h1>Welcome to TutorialsPoint</h1>
   <h2>The label for attribute</h2>
   <p>Click on one of the radio button:</p>
   <form action="/action_page.php">
      <input type="radio" id="html" name="language" value="HTML">
      <label for="html">HTML</label>
      <br>
      <input type="radio" id="css" name="language" value="CSS">
      <label for="css">CSS</label>
      <br>
      <input type="radio" id="javascript" name="language" value="JavaScript">
      <label for="javascript">JavaScript</label>
      <br>
      <br>
      <input type="submit" value="Submit">
   </form>
</body>
</html>

Example

Let us see another example −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h1>Welcome to TutorialsPoint</h1>
   <h2>The label for form attribute</h2>
   <p>The label in the second radio button is outside the form, but still a part of the form. Try to click the "Teacher" text label to select the "Teacher" radio button.</p>
   <form action="/action_page.php" id="form1">
      <input type="radio" id="student" name="person" value="STUDENT">
      <label for="student">STUDENT</label>
      <br>
      <input type="radio" id="teacher" name="person" value="TEACHER">
      <br>
      <input type="radio" id="admin" name="person" value="ADMIN">
      <label for="admin">ADMIN</label>
      <br>
      <br>
      <input type="submit" value="Submit">
   </form>
   <br>
   <label form="form1" for="teacher">TEACHER</label>
</body>
</html>

Example

In this example we are trying to create a sample login page and add labels to it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>HTML label Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
   <label for="email">EMAIL-ID: <br />
   <input type="email" value="" name="emailid" size="30" placeholder="Enter a valid email address">
   <br />
   <br />
   <label for="phone">PHONE NO: <br />
   <input type="text" value="" name="phno" size="30" maxlength="10" placeholder="Enter a valid phone number" pattern="[0-9]{10}">
   <br />
   <br />
</body>
</html>

Updated on: 10-Oct-2023

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