Name
label
Synopsis
<label>...</label>
Used to attach information to controls. Each label
element is associated with exactly one
form control. The label
element may contain the
form control, or it may use the for
attribute to
identify the control by its id
value.
Attributes
Core(id
,
class
, style
, title
),
Internationalization,
Events, onfocus
, onblur
-
accesskey="
character
"
Assigns an access key (keyboard shortcut) to an element for quicker access.
-
for="
text
"
Explicitly associates the label with the control by matching the value of the
for
attribute with the value of theid
attribute within the control element.
Example
<label>No thanks <input type="checkbox" name="list" value="no" /></label><label for="lastname">
Last Name:</label>
<input type="text"id="lastname"
size="32" />
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