HTMLLegendElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLLegendElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLLegendElement.align Deprecated

A string representing the alignment relative to the form set.

HTMLLegendElement.form Read only

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.

Instance methods

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# htmllegendelement

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
HTMLLegendElement
align
Deprecated
form

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Full support
Full support
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.

See also

  • The HTML element implementing this interface: <legend>