HTML label tag and element
1. HTML label element is used to represent information of the associated control.
2. HTML label element starts with a <label> tag and ends with a </label> tag.
Syntax
<label>............</label>
Category
HTML label element belongs to HTML forms.
Whether both start and end tags are required
Yes.
Attributes of select element
for.
Identifiers
language information and text direction
Title
Style
Accesskey
Events
onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove,onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.
Supported doctypes
HTML 4.01 strict, HTMl 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.
Example of using HTML label element
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>HTML label tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>What is your favorite scripting language?</p>
<form name="label_example" action="html-label-tag-example.html" >
<input type="radio" name="language" id="php" />
<label for="php">PHP</label>
<br />
<input type="radio" name="language" id="asp" />
<label for="asp">ASP</label>
<br />
<input type="radio" name="language" id="ror" />
<label for="ror">Ruby On Rails</label>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Result
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