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The <label> Tag (XHTML Reference)
Introduction
In a real world a label is something on a t-shirt. You will
never find a label alone; it is always attached to something. The same can be
said if you use the <label> tag in web pages. A label is usually bound to
a control. If you have already worked with radio or check buttons then you know
that these controls don’t provide a label or text about the button. In that
case you can bound a label to a radio button with the “for” attribute. If the
user then presses the label the checkbox or radio button will become selected
or unselected. You just have to set the ID of the control equal to the value
for the “for” attribute. The following example will make that clear.
Example
<input type="radio" name="one"
id="one" />
<label for="one">One</label>
<br />
<input type="radio" name="two"
id="two" />
<label for="two">Two</label>
Output
Attributes
Name:
Description:
accesskey
Defines an alphabet for the keyboard shortcut. You can use
ALT + alphabet
for
Specifies the ID of the control to which the label
belongs.
