HTML label tag

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HTML <label > Tag

The <label> tag is used to specify a label for an <input> element of a form. It adds a label to a form control such as text, email, password, textarea etc. It toggles the control when a user clicks on a text within the <label> element.

Syntax:

<label> form_content... </label>

This tag can be used with the following two ways:

1. Set the id attribute inside the <input> element and specify its name for the for attribute inside the <label> tag.

Example: This example uses the for attribute with each label tag used in the form.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>
Example of Label tag
</title>
<style>
/* The following tag selector body use the font-family and background-color properties for body of a page*/

body {
font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color: pink;
} 
/* Following container class used padding for generate space around it, and also use a background-color for specify the color lightblue as a background */  
.container {
padding: 50px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
/* The following tag selector input use the different properties for the text filed. */
input[type=text] {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 15px;
margin: 5px 0 22px 0;
display: inline-block;
 border: none;
 background: #f1f1f1;
}
input[type=text]:focus {
background-color: orange;
outline: none;
}
 div {
            padding: 10px 0;
}    
hr {
  border: 1px solid #f1f1f1;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}
/* The following tag selector button uses the different properties for the Button. */
button {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
  margin: 8px 0;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 16px 20px;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0.9;
}
/* The following tag selector hover uses the opacity property for the Button which select button when you mouse over it. */
button:hover {
opacity: 1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<div class="container">
<center>  <h1> Registration Form</h1> </center>
<hr>
<label for="firstname"> 
Firstname 
</label> 
<input type="text" id="firstname" name="ftname" placeholder= "Firstname" size="15" required /> 
<label for="middlename"> 
Middlename: 
</label> 
<input type="text" id="middlename" name="mname" placeholder="Middlename" size="15" required /> 
<label for="lastname"> 
Lastname: 
</label>  
<input type="text" id="lastname" name="ltname" placeholder="Lastname" size="15"required /> 
<div>
<label for="gender"> 
Gender :
</label>
<br>
<input type="radio" id="gender" value="Male" name="gender" checked > Male 
<input type="radio" id="gender" value="Female" name="gender"> Female 
<input type="radio" id="gender" value="Other" name="gender"> Other

</div>
<label for="Phone"> 
Phone:
</label>
<input type="text" name="country code" placeholder="Country Code"  value="+91" size="2"/> 
<input type="text" id="Phone" name="phone" placeholder="phone no." size="10"/ required> 
<label for="email"> 
Email
</label>
<input type="text" id="email" placeholder="Enter Email" name="email" required>
<button type="submit" value="submit">Submit</button>
<button type="reset" value="submit">Reset</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

2.We can also use the <input> tag within the <label> element in a form.

Example: This example uses the <input> tag within the </label> element in a form.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
/* The following tag selector body use the font-family and background-color properties for body of a page*/
body{
font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color: pink;
}
/* Following container class used padding for generate space around it, and also use a background-color for specify the color lightblue as a background */  
.container {
padding: 50px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
/* The following tag selector input use the different properties for the text filed. */
input[type=text] {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 15px;
margin: 5px 0 22px 0;
display: inline-block;
 border: none;
 background: #f1f1f1;
}
input[type=text]:focus {
background-color: orange;
outline: none;
}
 div {
            padding: 10px 0;
            
        }

hr {
  border: 1px solid #f1f1f1;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}
/* The following tag selector button use the different properties for the Button. */
button {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
  padding: 16px 20px;
 border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
 margin: 8px 0;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0.9;
}

button:hover {
opacity: 1;
}



</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<div class="container">
<center>  <h1> Registration Form </h1> </center>
  
<hr>
<label> Firstname 
<input type="text" name="firstname" placeholder= "Firstname" size="15" required /> 
</label> 
<label> Middlename: 
<input type="text" name="middlename" placeholder="Middlename" size="15" required /> 
</label> 
<label> Lastname:  
<input type="text" name="lastname" placeholder="Lastname" size="15"required /> 
</label> 
<div>
<label> 
Gender :
<br>
<input type="radio" value="Male" name="gender" checked > Male 
<input type="radio" value="Female" name="gender"> Female 
<input type="radio" value="Other" name="gender"> Other
</label>

</div>
<label> 
Phone :
<input type="text" name="country code" placeholder="Country Code"  value="+91" size="2"/> 
<input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="phone no." size="10"/ required> 
</label>

<label>
<b>
Email :
</b>
<input type="text" placeholder="Enter Email" name="email" required>
</label>
<button type="submit" value="submit">Submit</button>
<button type="reset" value="submit">Reset</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Output: The output of this example is also same as the first but the difference between them is the implementation.

Attributes

The following table describes all the attributes of the <label> tag:

Attributes Description

for It defines the form element that a label is describing.

form It defines a form to which a label belongs.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<label>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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