Define label in html

HTML Tag

A renders text that provides a brief description about an input field. Labels are usually placed before the associated input element. The for attribute binds (i.e. associates) a label to an input element.

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Attributes for

Attribute	Value	Description
for	element-id	Element a label is bound to.
id	identifier	Defines a unique identifier for the label.
class	classnames	Sets one or more CSS classes to be applied to the label.
style	CSS-styles	Sets the style for the label.
data-*	value	Defines additional data that can be used by JavaScript.
hidden	hidden	Specifies whether the label is hidden.
title	text	Sets a title that displays as a tooltip.

Binding labels to input elements

Label binding is something that developers overlook too often.
Having labels bound to elements provides a better user experience with little effort.
This is particular true for checkboxes and radio buttons which should have bound labels. A is bound to an element in one of two ways:

City Note: Clicking the label will put focus on the associated textbox. 

Form Tags

The tag is part of a group of tags that are used to create data entry forms. This group is referred to as the Form tag group. Together, they allow you to create comprehensive data input solutions.

Here is a list of form tags

Element	Description
	Defines a data entry area that contains input elements
	Creates an input field in which data can be entered
	Creates a label or brief description before input elements
	Creates a multi-line text input control
	Creates a dropdown control
	Creates a clickable button that can contain text or an image
	Specifies a list of options for a textfield () element
	Groups related form elements and displays a box with a legend around these
	Defines a caption for a fieldset

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: The Label element

The HTML element represents a caption for an item in a user interface.

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Associating a with a form control, such as or offers some major advantages:

• The label text is not only visually associated with its corresponding text input; it is programmatically associated with it too. This means that, for example, a screen reader will read out the label when the user is focused on the form input, making it easier for an assistive technology user to understand what data should be entered.
• When a user clicks or touches/taps a label, the browser passes the focus to its associated input (the resulting event is also raised for the input). That increased hit area for focusing the input provides an advantage to anyone trying to activate it — including those using a touch-screen device.

To explicitly associate a element with an element, you first need to add the id attribute to the element. Next, you add the for attribute to the element, where the value of for is the same as the id in the element.

Alternatively, you can nest the directly inside the , in which case the for and id attributes are not needed because the association is implicit:

label> Do you like peas? input type="checkbox" name="peas" /> label> 

The form control that a label is labeling is called the labeled control of the label element. Multiple labels can be associated with the same form control:

label for="username">Enter your username:label> input id="username" name="username" type="text" /> label for="username">Forgot your username?label> 

Elements that can be associated with a element include , (except for type=»hidden» ), , , , and .

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

The value of the for attribute must be a single id for a labelable form-related element in the same document as the element. So, any given label element can be associated with only one form control.

Note: To programmatically set the for attribute, use htmlFor .

The first element in the document with an id attribute matching the value of the for attribute is the labeled control for this label element — if the element with that id is actually a labelable element. If it is not a labelable element, then the for attribute has no effect. If there are other elements that also match the id value, later in the document, they are not considered.

Multiple label elements can be given the same value for their for attribute; doing so causes the associated form control (the form control that for value references) to have multiple labels.

Note: A element can have both a for attribute and a contained control element, as long as the for attribute points to the contained control element.

Styling with CSS

There are no special styling considerations for elements — structurally they are simple inline elements, and so can be styled in much the same way as a or element. You can apply styling to them in any way you want, as long as you don’t cause the text to become difficult to read.

Examples

Defining an implicit label

label>Click me input type="text" />label> 

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HTML Tag

The tag is also used to define keyboard shortcuts and jump to the active element like links.

An input can be associated with several labels. If you click or tap a which is associated with a form control, the resulting click event will arise for the associated control.

Associating a with an element has some advantages:

• The label text is both visually and pragmatically associated with the text input.
• You can click on the associated label for focusing or activating the input, as well as on the input itself.

Syntax

The tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening () and closing () tags.

There are two ways to associate a text label and the form to which it belongs:

Example of the HTML tag:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> head> body> form> label for="lfname">First name: label> input id="lfname" name="fname" type="text" /> form> body> html>

Result

Example of the HTML tag with an element inside:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> head> body> form> label>Name input id="User" name="Name" type="text" /> label> form> body> html>

Example of HTML with a tag used with radio type of an tag:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> head> body> form> label for="barca">Barcelona label> input type="radio" name="team" id="barca" value="Barcelona"> br /> label for="real">Real Madrid label> input type="radio" name="team" id="real" value="Real Madrid"> br /> form> body> html>

Example of the HTML tag with CSS font properties:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> style> body < padding: 20px; > label < font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; color: #1c87c9; > input < width: 50%; height: 28px; padding: 4px 10px; border: 1px solid #666; background: #cce6ff; color: #1c87c9; font-size: 16px; > style> head> body> form> label>Your Name: label> input id="User" name="Name" type="text"/> form> body> html>

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
accesskey	accesskey	Defines a hot key with which you can go to the attached to the label (through a for attribute) form element.
for	element_id	Sets the ID of the element to which the label should be bound.
form	form_id	Specifies the form (s) with which the label will be associated. This attribute allows you to place tags in an arbitrary location in the document, and not just as a descendant of the element. Obsolete.

How to style tag?

Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in tag:

• CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit.
• CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element.
• CSS font-size property sets the size of the font.
• CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick.
• CSS text-transform property controls text case and capitalization.
• CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style.

Coloring text in tag:

• CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations.
• CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.

Text layout styles for tag:

• CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block.
• CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signalled to the user.
• CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
• CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.

Other properties worth looking at for tag:

• CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
• CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text.
• CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line.
• CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
• CSS word-spacing property sets the spacing between words.

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