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<legend>

<legend
accesskey=key
align=bottom|center|left|right|top
class=type
dir=ltr|rtr
id=value
lang=language
style=style
title=text
valign=bottom|top
</legend>

Identifies a contained set of fields defined in the <fieldset> tag. The <legend> tag must be the first tag in the <fieldset>.

Attributes

accesskey=key

Specifies a shortcut key for the link. You activate the link by pressing Alt and the access key together; like standard menu shortcuts in Windows applications.

align=bottom|center|left|right|top

Sets the alignment of the legend.

Value…

Description…

bottom

The legend is aligned bottom centre

center

The legend is centred

left

The legend is aligned to the left

right

The legend is aligned to the right side

top

The legend is aligned top centre

class=type

Indicates the class to which the tag belongs. You can use the class attribute in a style sheet to create different styles that you want apply to a single HTML tag. For example, you might create three different styles for a <legend> tag. See Using the class attribute as a selector for more details.

dir=ltr|rtr

Specifies the direction of text. This can be left-to-right (ltr) or right-to-left (rtl). For example, English characters are presented left-to-right, Hebrew characters are presented right-to-left.

id=value

Specifies a unique name for the tag. No two tags can have the same id on a single page. The value must begin with a letter followed by any alphanumeric character, a hyphen, an underscore, a colon or a full stop. You use it to reference a unique style for a tag or to manipulate the tag with a script.

lang=language

Specifies which language the <legend> tag uses. You can enter any valid ISO standard language abbreviation, for example, “en” for English, “de” for German and so on. For example, <span lang="es">hola! como esta?</span>.

This attribute helps search engines understand different languages as different languages rather than just misspelled English. It may also help spelling and grammar checkers and allow speech synthesizers to use language-dependent pronunciation rules.

style=style

Specifies style information. See Style sheets for more information.

title=text

For information only. Some browsers display the title when you move the mouse over the tag (like a tool tip).

valign=top|bottom

Sets the vertical alignment of the legend. The default is top.

Value…

Description…

top

The caption is at the top

bottom

The caption is at the bottom