label – caption for a form control

ⓘ label – caption for a form control # T

The label element represents a caption for a form control.

Permitted contents #

phrasing content

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & for & form

ⓘ global attributes: Any attributes permitted globally.
ⓘ for = ID reference #: The value of the id attribute on a form control for which the label is a caption.
ⓘ form = ID reference NEW #: The value of the id attribute on the form with which to associate the element.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

The label element must not contain any nested label elements.
The label element may contain at most one descendant input element, button element, select element, or textarea element.
The for attribute of the label element must refer to a form control.
The interactive element label must not appear as a descendant of the a element.
The interactive element label must not appear as a descendant of the button element.

Tag omission #

A label element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain phrasing elements

DOM interface #

interface HTMLLabelElement : HTMLElement {
  readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form;
           attribute DOMString htmlFor;
  readonly attribute HTMLElement control;
};

Typical default display properties #

label {

cursor: default; }

HTML: The Markup Language Reference

ⓘ label – caption for a form control # T

Permitted contents #

Permitted attributes #

Additional constraints and admonitions #

Tag omission #

Permitted parent elements #

DOM interface #

Typical default display properties #