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 This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work.
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.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

  • The HTML element implementing this interface: <legend>