HTMLLegendElement

The HTMLLegendElement is an interface allowing to access properties of the <legend> elements. It inherits properties and methods from the HTMLElement interface.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLLegendElement.form Read only: Is a HTMLFormElement representing 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 form attribute on the parent fieldset element. Otherwise, it returns null.
HTMLLegendElement.accessKey: Is a DOMString representing a single-character access key to give access to the element.
HTMLLegendElement.align: Is a DOMString representing the alignment relative to the form set

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The property `accessKey` is now defined on `HTMLElement`. The following property is now obsolete: `align`.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Obsolete	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Obsolete	Initial definition.

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