The <FIELDSET> element can be used to provide a framed container around any other HTML elements. Visual Basic developers will be familiar with the <FIELDSET> frame concept - it being similar to the 'Frame' control in Visual Basic.
<FIELDSET
ALIGN=alignment
CLASS=Style Sheet class name
ID=value
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
STYLE=styling
TITLE=text content
event = script
>
Parameter |
Description |
ALIGN |
Specifies the alignment for the control-like element. The possible values of this attribute are: left, right, top, texttop, middle, absmiddle, baseline, bottom, absbottom. |
CLASS |
Class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a subclassed style sheet with the tag. |
ID |
SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underscore character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position. |
LANG |
Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form. |
LANGUAGE |
Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the
proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT. |
STYLE |
Inline style sheet for the tag. |
TITLE |
The TITLE attribute is for advisory information (unless used with a mailto: attribute). The Title attribute should provide the title of the document whose address is given by the HREF attribute. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a tooltip during the mouse moves on the link. Internet Explorer 4.0 (and above) is the only browser to implement this. |
event |
Can be one or more of these events: |
The <FIELDSET> element is a new element introduced in HTML 4.0 draft specifications and is only supported by Internet Explorer 4.0 and above.
<FIELDSET ID="fld1" STYLE="width:250">
<LEGEND ALIGN="left">Choose a topic</LEGEND>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"
WIDTH="200">
<TR>
<TD><LABEL FOR="radEducation">Education</LABEL></TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="topic" VALUE="Education"
ID="radEducation"></TD>
<TD><LABEL FOR="radInternet">Internet </LABEL></TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="topic" VALUE="Internet"
ID="radInternet"></TD>
</TR>
...
</TABLE>
</FIELDSET>
The code is rendered as:
<FIELDSET> requires that the first element it contains to the <LEGEND>,
to provide the legend for the field set.
<FIELDSET> elements can be nested to contain discrete 'groups' of HTML
elements, inside a larger fieldset container group.
Both the start and end tags are required.