HTMLFieldSetElement

The HTMLFieldSetElement interface has special properties and methods (beyond the regular HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating the layout and presentation of field-set elements.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

Name	Type	Description
disabled	Boolean	Reflects the disabled HTML attribute, indicating whether the user can interact with the control.
elements Read only	HTMLFormControlsCollection	The elements belonging to this field set.
form Read only	HTMLFormElement	The containing form element, if this element is in a form. If the button is not a descendant of a form element, then the attribute can be the ID of any form element in the same document it is related to, or the null value if none matches.
name	DOMString	Reflects the name HTML attribute, containing the name of the field set, used for submitting the form.
type Read only	DOMString	Must be the string fieldset.
validationMessage Read only	DOMString	A localized message that describes the validation constraints that the element does not satisfy (if any). This is the empty string if the element is not a candidate for constraint validation (willValidate is false), or it satisfies its constraints.
validity Read only	ValidityState	The validity states that this element is in.
willValidate Read only	Boolean	Always false because <fieldset> objects are never candidates for constraint validation.

Methods

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Name & Arguments	Return	Description
checkValidity()	Boolean	Always returns true because <fieldset> objects are never candidates for constraint validation.
setCustomValidity()	void	Sets a custom validity message for the field set. If this message is not the empty string, then the field set is suffering from a custom validity error, and does not validate.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLFieldSetElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5.1 The definition of 'HTMLFieldSetElement' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLFieldSetElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The following properties have been added: disabled, elements, name, type, valdiationMessage, validity, and willValidate. The following methods have been added: checkValidity(), setCustomValidity().
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLFieldSetElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLFieldSetElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <fieldset>.