Add a Descriptive Label to a fieldset Element
Description
You can add a legend element to
each of your fieldset elements to provide more information.
The legend element must be the first child of a fieldset element.
Example
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" action="http://example.com/form">
<fieldset>
<legend>Enter Your Details</legend>
<p>
<label for="name">Name: <input id="name" name="name" /></label>
</p><!-- w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om-->
<p>
<label for="name">City: <input id="city" name="city" /></label>
</p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>Vote For Your Three Favorite Fruits</legend>
<p>
<label for="fave1">#1: <input id="fave1" name="fave1" /></label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="fave2">#2: <input id="fave2" name="fave2" /></label>
</p>
<p>
<label for="fave3">#3: <input id="fave3" name="fave3" /></label>
</p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend accesskey="y">
About <u>Y</u>ou (ALT + Y)
</legend>
<p><label for="userName">User name:</label>
<input type="text" name="txtUserName" size="20" id="userName" />
</p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend accesskey="u">
About <u>U</u>s (ALT + U)
</legend>
<p>
<label for="referrer">How did you hear about us?</label>:<br/>
<select name="selReferrer" id="referrer">
<option selected="selected" value="">Select answer</option>
<option value="website">Another website</option>
<option value="printAd">Magazine ad</option>
<option value="friend">From a friend</option>
<option value="other">Other</option>
</select>
</p>
</fieldset>
<button>Submit Vote</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Note
The code above also shows how to set up the access key for length tag.