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HTML Tag

The <legend> tag in HTML is used to set the caption for the <fieldset> element. The role of fieldset is used to group elements like button, input, radio, etc.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

<fieldset>
<legend> Set caption </legend>
</fieldset>

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the <legend> tag −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Subject-wise rank</h2>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Ranking (caption)</legend>
<label for="stinfo">Student:</label>
<input type="text" id ="stinfo" value="Steve"><br>
<label for="sub">Subject:</label>
<input type="text" value="Science"><br>
<label for="rank">Rank:</label>
<input type="number" value="1"><br>
<label for="marks">Marks:</label>
<input type="number" value="98"><br>
</fieldset>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

In the above example, we have set the caption using the <legend> element inside the <fieldset> −

<fieldset>
<legend>Ranking (caption)</legend>
…form elements…
</fieldset>

The <fieldset> group form elements inside the <form> −

<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Ranking (caption)</legend>
…form elements…
</form?
Updated on 16-Sep-2019 11:25:02

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