label Attribute
Where to use the label Attribute
- As Type Text - #REQUIRED:
labelis declared on the element:optgroup - As Type Text:
labelis declared on the element:option
Description
The label attribute is #REQUIRED on
optgroup
elements and optional on option
elements.
On an optgroup
element it provides a label for the option group to be rendered within the
select list.
On an option
element it may be used to specify a short label for the option,
to be used by the user agent instead of the contents of the option
element. However, this functionality is inconsistently supported
- Opera, for example, renders the label
attribute's contents, whereas Firefox does not.
The label attribute is not present in the
*W3C XHTML 1.1 Basic Forms Module.
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