HTMLFieldSetElement : HTMLElement
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Represents a set of form controls optionally grouped under a common name.

Platform Support

Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
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Constructors

Constructor Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
HTMLFieldSetElement Constructor() : HTMLFieldSetElement
Creates an instance of the HTMLFieldSetElement.
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HTMLFieldSetElement() : HTMLFieldSetElement

Creates an instance of the HTMLFieldSetElement.

Returns
HTMLFieldSetElement

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
disabled : Boolean
Causes all the form control descendants of the fieldset element, excluding those that are descendants of the fieldset element's first legend element child, if any, to be disabled.
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form : HTMLFormElement
Used to explicitly associate the fieldset element with its form owner.
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name : String
Specifies the name of the element.
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type : String
Specifies the type of the element.
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elements : HTMLFormControlsCollection
An HTMLFormControlsCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches listed elements whose form owner is the form element, with the exception of input elements whose type attribute is in the Image Button state.
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willValidate : Boolean
Specifies whether the element will be validated when the form is submitted.
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validity : ValidityState
Specifies the validity of the element.
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validationMessage : String
Specifies a suitably localized message that the user agent would show the user if this were the only form control with a validity constraint problem.
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Inherited Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
getElementsByClassName(String classNames) : NodeList
Returns a NodeList containing all the Element nodes with the specified classNames.
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Parameters
String classNames (one-or-more)A string representing the class name(s) of the elements to return. Multiple class names should be separated by spaces.

Returns
NodeList

Using getElementsByClassName

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which the class "question" applies.

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question issue");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which both the classes "question" and "issue" apply.

Remarks

Returns a list of child elements to which the specified className applies. The returned NodeList is sorted in tree order (the order the elements were found during a depth-first preorder traversal through the node tree).

See Also

Document.getElementsByClassName|Element.getElementsByClassName|HTMLDocument.getElementsByClassName

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Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
checkValidity() : Boolean
The user agent must instanceally validate the constraints of the form element, and return true if the constraint validation return a positive result, and false if it returned a negative result.
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Returns
Boolean

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setCustomValidity(String error) : void
Sets the custom validity error message to the value of the given message argument.
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Parameters
String error The error message for the validity check.

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References

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