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HTML Tag: label

Label for a form element (input, textarea or select).

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Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

for can be used to associate the label to a form element when the value of for matches the value of an element's id attribute.
accesskey can be used to associate a keyboard shortcut to the element.
Common attributes

Example


<label for="email">Email address</label><input type="text" name="email" id="email" />