Name

LABEL — NN n/a IE n/a HTML 4

Synopsis

LABEL=”labelText"

Required

The LABEL attribute is included in HTML 4.0 in anticipation of possible hierarchical select lists. The LABEL is intended to be a shorter alternate entry for an OPTION element when it is rendered hierarchically. It overrides the normal text associated with the OPTION element.

Example

<OPTION LABEL="Meteo 101" VALUE="met101"> Meteorology 101

Value

Any string of characters. The string must be inside a matching pair of (single or double) quotation marks.

Default

None.

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