fieldset

      The fieldset element is used to group form fields.
      Only one legend element should occur in the content
      and if present should only be preceded by whitespace.

      NOTE: this content model is different from the XHTML 1.0 DTD,
      closer to the intended content model in HTML4 DTD
      

Element information

Content

• Any text (mixed) content, intermingled with:
• Sequence [1..1]
  1. legend [1..1]     fieldset label
  2. Choice [0..*]
     from group block
     p    
     from group heading
     h1    
     h2    
     h3    
     h4    
     h5    
     h6    
     div     generic language/style container
     from group lists
     ul     Unordered list
     ol     Ordered (numbered) list
     dl    
     menu     single column list (DEPRECATED)
     dir     multiple column list (DEPRECATED)
     from group blocktext
     pre     content is "Inline" excluding "img|object|applet|big|small|sub|sup|font|basefont"
     hr    
     blockquote    
     address     information on author
     center     center content
     isindex     single-line text input control (DEPRECATED)
     fieldset     The fieldset element is used to group form fields. Only one legend element should occur in the content and if present should only be preceded by whitespace. NOTE: this content model is different from the XHTML 1.0 DTD, closer to the intended content model in HTML4 DTD
     table    
     • form    
     from group inline
     a     content is "Inline" except that anchors shouldn't be nested
     from group special
     from group special.basic
     br     forced line break
     span     generic language/style container
     bdo     I18N BiDi over-ride
     from group special.extra
     object    
     applet    
     img    
     map    
     iframe     inline subwindow
     from group fontstyle
     from group fontstyle.basic
     tt     fixed pitch font
     i     italic font
     b     bold font
     u     underline
     s     strike-through
     strike     strike-through
     from group fontstyle.extra
     big     bigger font
     small     smaller font
     font     local change to font
     basefont     base font size
     from group phrase
     from group phrase.basic
     em     emphasis
     strong     strong emphasis
     dfn     definitional
     code     program code
     q     inlined quote
     samp     sample
     kbd     something user would type
     var     variable
     cite     citation
     abbr     abbreviation
     acronym     acronym
     from group phrase.extra
     sub     subscript
     sup     superscript
     from group inline.forms
     input     form control
     select     option selector
     textarea     multi-line text field
     label     Each label must not contain more than ONE field Label elements shouldn't be nested.
     button     Content is "Flow" excluding a, form and form controls
     from group misc
     noscript     alternate content container for non script-based rendering
     from group misc.inline
     ins    
     del    
     script     script statements, which may include CDATA sections

Attributes

Used in

• Group block
• Anonymous type of element applet via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element blockquote via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element body via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element center via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element dd via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element del via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element div via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element fieldset via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element form via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element iframe via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element ins via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element li via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element map via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element noscript via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element object via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element td via reference to block
• Anonymous type of element th via reference to block
• Type Flow via reference to block
• Type form.content via reference to block

Sample instance

<fieldset>Any text, intermingled with:
   <legend>Any text, intermingled with:
      <a>Any text, intermingled with:
         <br/>
      </a>
   </legend>
   <p>Any text, intermingled with:
      <a>Any text, intermingled with:
         <br/>
      </a>
   </p>
</fieldset>