<fieldset></fieldset>

The <fieldset> element allows authors to group labels and controls that are thematically related.

• Netscape 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 4, 5, 6
• Opera 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• HTML 4.0
• XHTML 1.0: XHTML Forms Module

• class (optional)
• dir (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)
• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmousemove (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• style (optional)
• title (optional)

HTML forms and the elements to create them. The following tags are valid within the <fieldset> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, legend, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var

The <fieldset> tag is valid within the following tags:
blockquote, body, center, dd, div, fieldset, form, iframe, li, noframes, noscript, object, td, th

• standard fieldset

  <form>
  <fieldset>
  <input type="text" name="fname" value="firstname" />
  <input type="text" name="lname" value="lastname" />
  <input type="submit" />
  </fieldset>
  </form>

• fieldset with legend

  <form>
  <fieldset>
  <legend>Please enter your full name</legend>
  First Name: <input type="text" name="fname" /><br />
  Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname" /><br />
  <input type="submit" />
  </fieldset>
  </form>

• Older browsers may not support this tag, or may support it in unexpected ways. Be sure to test across browsers when you use it.
• This tag is well suited to styling your forms with CSS.

• Form Tags
• Pretty Forms
• <legend>

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