---
title: <legend>
slug: Web/HTML/Element/legend
translation_of: Web/HTML/Element/legend
---
<p>The <strong>HTML <code>&lt;legend&gt;</code> element</strong> represents a caption for the content of its parent {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}}.</p>

<table class="properties">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row"><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories">Inhaltskategorien</a></th>
   <td>Keine.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Zugelassener Inhalt</th>
   <td>Definiert eine Überschrift für einen Formularbereich welches durch ein Fieldset zusammengefasst wurde.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Tag Verwendung</th>
   <td>Start-Tag und End-Tag notwendig.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Elternelemente</th>
   <td>Legend kann nur innerhalb von fieldset stehen</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">DOM interface</th>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Attribute">Attribute</h2>

<p>Dieses Element unterstützt die <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" title="HTML/Global attributes">globalen Attribute</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<p>&lt;fieldset&gt;<br>
             &lt;legend&gt;Geschlecht&lt;/legend&gt;<br>
                     &lt;label for="man"&gt;<br>
                             &lt;input type="radio" name="geschlecht" value="man"&gt; Männlich&lt;/label&gt;<br>
                    &lt;label for="woman"&gt;<br>
                              &lt;input type="radio" name="geschlecht"  value="woman"&gt; Weiblich&lt;/label&gt;<br>
 &lt;/fieldset&gt;</p>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("HTML WHATWG", "forms.html#the-legend-element", "&lt;legend&gt;")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("HTML WHATWG")}}</td>
   <td>Definition of the <code>legend</code> element</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("HTML WHATWG", "rendering.html#the-fieldset-and-legend-elements")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("HTML WHATWG")}}</td>
   <td>Suggested default rendering of the <code>fieldset</code> and <code>legend</code> elements</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("HTML5 W3C", "forms.html#the-legend-element", "&lt;legend&gt;")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("HTML5 W3C")}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName("HTML4.01", "interact/forms.html#h-17.10", "&lt;legend&gt;")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2("HTML4.01")}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_Kompatibilität">Browser Kompatibilität</h2>



<p>{{Compat("html.elements.legend")}}</p>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>Others form-related elements: {{HTMLElement("form")}}, {{HTMLElement("option")}}, {{HTMLElement("label")}}, {{HTMLElement("button")}}, {{HTMLElement("select")}}, {{HTMLElement("datalist")}}, {{HTMLElement("optgroup")}}, {{HTMLElement("fieldset")}}, {{HTMLElement("textarea")}}, {{HTMLElement("keygen")}}, {{HTMLElement("input")}}, {{HTMLElement("output")}}, {{HTMLElement("progress")}} and {{HTMLElement("meter")}}.</li>
</ul>

<p>{{HTMLRef}}</p>