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HTML HTML Forms Organizing Forms Add Fieldsets and Legends

Posted by keilanuharriscarroll
keilanuharriscarroll
18,570 Points

can not solve this task, help? Add a legend element to the first fieldset and give it the text "Tell us about yourself

i can't add the legend element.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <label for="name">Name:</label>
      <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
      <label for="email">Email:</label>
      <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
      <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
      <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
      <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

      <fieldset>
      <label for="name">Name:</label>
      <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
      <label for="email">Email:</label>
      <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
      </fieldset>
      <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
      <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
      <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>


      <fieldset>
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset>
  <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
  <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>


  </fieldset>
    </form>

  </body>
</html>

7 Answers

Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points
Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points

Hi you just need to insert your legend element above the field set it's for like so:

<legend>Your text.</legend>
<fieldset>
.............
Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points

sorry i meant to say within your field set tag.

like this

<fieldset>
<legend>text</legend>
/* other elements */
</fieldset>
keilanuharriscarroll
keilanuharriscarroll
18,570 Points

thanks

Di'Lon Love-Gibbs
Di'Lon Love-Gibbs
3,654 Points
Di'Lon Love-Gibbs
Di'Lon Love-Gibbs
3,654 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body>

<form action="index.html" method="post">
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
  <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
  <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

  <fieldset>
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
    <legend> Tell us about yourself! </legend>
  </fieldset>
  <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
  <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>



<fieldset>

<label for="name">Name:</label> <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name"> <label for="email">Email:</label> <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email"> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="comment">Comment:</label> <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea> <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

</fieldset> </form>

</body> </html>

Starky Paulino
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Starky Paulino
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,398 Points
Starky Paulino
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Starky Paulino
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,398 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body>

<form action="index.html" method="post">
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
  <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
  <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

  <fieldset>
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
    <legend> Tell us about yourself! </legend>

  </fieldset>
  <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
  <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>


  <fieldset>

<label for="name">Name:</label> <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name"> <label for="email">Email:</label> <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email"> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="comment">Comment:</label> <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea> <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

</fieldset> </form>

</body> </html>

Larissa Ragland
Larissa Ragland
6,653 Points
Larissa Ragland
Larissa Ragland
6,653 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body> <fieldset>

</fieldset>

<form action="index.html" method="post">
  <fieldset>
      <legend>Tell us about yourself</legend>
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email">
  </fieldset>
  <fieldset>
  <label for="comment">Comment:</label>
  <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>
 </fieldset>    
</form>

</body> </html>

Ishan Vyas
Ishan Vyas
30,284 Points
Ishan Vyas
Ishan Vyas
30,284 Points

<legend>Tell us about yourself.</legend>

Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title>

<form action="index.html" method="post">

<fieldset> <legend>Ary de Oliveira from Perth Wa Australia</legend> <label for="name">Name:</label> <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name"> <label for="email">Email:</label> <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email"> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="comment">Comment:</label> <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea> </fieldset> <fieldset> <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button> </fieldset> </form> </body> </html>

Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title>

<form action="index.html" method="post">

<fieldset> <legend>Ary de Oliveira from Perth Wa Australia</legend> <label for="name">Name:</label> <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name"> <label for="email">Email:</label> <input type="email" id="email" name="user_email"> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="comment">Comment:</label> <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment"></textarea> </fieldset> <fieldset> <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button> </fieldset> </form> </body> </html>