Name

<label> — NN: 2, 3, 4 &bull; MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 &bull; HTML 4 - WebTV &bull; Opera3

Synopsis

<label>...</label>

Used to attach information to form controls. Each label element is associated with exactly one form control.

Attributes

for=text

Explicitly associates the label with the control by matching the value of the for attribute with the value of the id attribute within the control element.

Example

<LABEL for="lastname" >Last Name: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="lastname" size="32">

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