HTML Element: <label>
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The HTML <label> element indicates a
label for an <input>
element. It does not appear special as far as the user is concerned, but does
improve the usability of the <input>
element, as it means that if the user clicks on the text within <label> element then it toggles
the control.
The attributes it can take
(other than HTML
global attributes and HTML event attributes)
include:
Attribute
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Description
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More
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for
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Specifies which form
element(s) a label calculation is bound to
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Here
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form
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Name of the form that
element belongs to (this should be the id attribute of the
element to which the label element relates, to bind the two together)
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Here
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To
create or access such an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods, and additional properties with the same name and
meaning as the attributes of the underlying HTML element referred to above
(with the for property of the
underlying element corresponding to the htmlFor
property of the DOM object). It used to support the control property, but this was removed from the HTML
specification in 2016.
The default style
applicable to this element is shown here.
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<label for="input1">Apple</label><input type="radio" id="input1"><br>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x1 = document.createElement("LABEL");
x1.setAttribute("for","input1");
x1.textContent = "Apple";
var x2 = document.createElement("INPUT");
x2.setAttribute("type","radio");
x2.setAttribute("id","input1");
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x1);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x2);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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