Revision 422733 of <legend>

<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The <strong>HTML <span style="font-family: Courier New;">&lt;legend&gt;</span> Element</strong> (or <em>HTML Legend Field Element</em>) represents a caption for the content of its parent {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}}.</p>
<ul class="htmlelt">
  <li><dfn><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></dfn> None.</li>
  <li><dfn>Permitted content</dfn> <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content">Phrasing content</a>.</li>
  <li><dfn>Tag omission</dfn> {{no_tag_omission}}</li>
  <li><dfn>Permitted parent elements</dfn> A {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}} whose first child is this <span style="font-family: Courier New;">&lt;legend&gt;</span> element</li>
  <li><dfn>DOM interface</dfn> {{domxref("HTMLLegendElement")}}</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2>
<p><span style="line-height: 21px;">This element only includes the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" style="line-height: 21px;" title="HTML/Global attributes">global attributes</a><span style="line-height: 21px;">.</span></p>
<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>
<p>See {{HTMLElement("form")}} for examples on <code>&lt;legend&gt;</code>.</p>
<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Specification</th>
      <th scope="col">Status</th>
      <th scope="col">Comment</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'forms.html#the-legend-element', '&lt;legend&gt;')}}</td>
      <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'the-legend-element.html#the-legend-element', '&lt;legend&gt;')}}</td>
      <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>{{SpecName('HTML4.01', 'forms.html#h-17.10', '&lt;legend&gt;')}}</td>
      <td>{{Spec2('HTML4.01')}}</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>
<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</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 Mobile</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>Others form-related elements: {{HTMLElement("form")}}, {{HTMLElement("option")}}, {{HTMLElement("label")}}, {{HTMLElement("button")}}, {{HTMLElement("select")}}, {{HTMLElement("datalist")}}, {{HTMLElement("optgroup")}}, {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}}, {{HTMLElement("textarea")}}, {{HTMLElement("keygen")}}, {{HTMLElement("input")}}, {{HTMLElement("output")}}, {{HTMLElement("progress")}} and {{HTMLElement("meter")}}.</li>
</ul>
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