Revision 699809 of HTMLLegendElement

<p>{{APIRef}}</p>
<p>The <strong><code>HTMLLegendElement</code></strong> is an interface allowing to access properties of the {{HTMLElement("legend")}} elements. It inherits properties and methods from the {{domxref("HTMLElement")}} interface.</p>
<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>
<p><em>Inherits properties from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>
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 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Name</th>
   <th scope="col">Description</th>
   <th scope="col">Type</th>
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   <td><code>form</code>&nbsp;{{readonlyInline}}</td>
   <td>
    <p>The form that this legend belongs to. If the legend has a fieldset element as its parent, then this attribute returns the same value as the <strong>form</strong> attribute on the parent fieldset element. Otherwise, it returns null.</p>
   </td>
   <td>{{domxref("HTMLFormElement")}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>accessKey</code></td>
   <td>A single-character access key to give access to the element.</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>align</code>&nbsp;{{obsolete_inline}}</td>
   <td>Alignment relative to the form set</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>
<p><em>No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
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   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
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   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', "forms.html#the-legend-element", "HTMLLegendElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("HTML5 W3C")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5.1', "forms.html#the-legend-element", "HTMLLegendElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5.1')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', "forms.html#the-legend-element", "HTMLLegendElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>The property <code>accessKey</code> is now defined on {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.<br />
    The following property is now obsolete: <code>align</code>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM2 HTML', 'html.html#ID-21482039', 'HTMLLegendElement')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM2 HTML')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("DOM1")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM1', 'level-one-html.html#ID-21482039', 'HTMLLegendElement')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM1')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div>
 {{CompatibilityTable}}</div>
<div id="compat-desktop">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Chrome</th>
    <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
    <th>Internet Explorer</th>
    <th>Opera</th>
    <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(1.0)}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Android</th>
    <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
    <th>IE Phone</th>
    <th>Opera Mobile</th>
    <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile(1.0)}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
 <li>The HTML element implementing this interface: {{HTMLElement("legend")}}</li>
</ul>