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.

Name	Description	Type
form Read only	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.	HTMLFormElement
accessKey	A single-character access key to give access to the element.	DOMString
align	Alignment relative to the form set	DOMString

Methods

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5.1 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.	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLLegendElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <legend>