HTML Element: <fieldset>
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The
HTML <fieldset> element groups
related elements in a form, and typically draws a box around them.
The attributes it can take
(other than HTML global
attributes and HTML
event attributes) include:
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Attribute
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Description
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More
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disabled
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Specified element(s) to
be disabled
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Here
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form
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Name of the form that
element belongs to
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Here
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name
|
Name of element
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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.
It also supports the
following additional property:
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Property
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Description
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More
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type
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Returns the type of the
form element that
the fieldset element belongs
to
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Here
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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>
<fieldset>Fieldset contents</fieldset>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("FIELDSET");
x.textContent = "Fieldset contents";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("Fieldset contents");
// x.appendChild(txt);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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