<legend>: The Field Set Legend element
The <legend> HTML element represents a caption for the content of its parent {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}}.
{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/tabbed/legend.html", "tabbed-standard")}}
Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Examples
See {{HTMLElement("form")}} for examples on <legend>.
Technical summary
| Content categories | None. |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Phrasing content and headings (h1–h6 elements). |
| Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
| Permitted parents |
A {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}} whose first child is this
<legend> element
|
| Implicit ARIA role | No corresponding role |
| Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
| DOM interface | {{domxref("HTMLLegendElement")}} |