HTML 5 <label> Tag
The HTML <label> tag is used for adding a label to a form control. It can also be used onÊ<meter>ÊandÊ<progress>Êelements, as well as theÊ<output>Êelement.
If you use the <label> tag, in some browsers, users can select a radio button or checkbox option by clicking on its label.
Example
Modify the code below, then click "Update". See below for attributes.
Attributes
HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".
There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.
The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.
Element-Specific Attributes
The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| for | Specifies the input control that this label is for. This value must be the same as the value in the input control's "id" attribute. |
| form | Specifies the ID of a form to which this control belongs.
Possible values: [The ID of a form element in the element's owner |
Global Attributes
The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.
| accesskey | hidden | itemtype |
| class | id | lang |
| contenteditable | inert | spellcheck |
| contextmenu | itemid | style |
| dir | itemprop | tabindex |
| draggable | itemref | title |
| dropzone | itemscope | translate |
For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.
Event Handler Content Attributes
Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.
Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.
| onabort | onerror* | onmousewheel |
| onblur* | onfocus* | onpause |
| oncanplay | onformchange | onplay |
| oncanplaythrough | onforminput | onplaying |
| onchange | oninput | onprogress |
| onclick | oninvalid | onratechange |
| oncontextmenu | onkeydown | onreadystatechange |
| ondblclick | onkeypress | onscroll |
| ondrag | onkeyup | onseeked |
| ondragend | onload* | onseeking |
| ondragenter | onloadeddata | onselect |
| ondragleave | onloadedmetadata | onshow |
| ondragover | onloadstart | onstalled |
| ondragstart | onmousedown | onsubmit |
| ondrop | onmousemove | onsuspend |
| ondurationchange | onmouseout | ontimeupdate |
| onemptied | onmouseover | onvolumechange |
| onended | onmouseup | onwaiting |
For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.