HTML DOM Level 5 Reference: HTMLLegendElement

Represents a caption for the rest of the contents of the legend element's parent fieldset element, if any.

Platform Support

Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape

1.0+ 5.0+ 1.0+ 4.0+ 4.0+ 6.0+

Mozilla	Chrome	Safari	Opera	IE	Netscape
1.0+	5.0+	1.0+	4.0+	4.0+	6.0+

Constructors

Constructor

Action

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Netscape

HTMLLegendElement Constructor() : HTMLLegendElement

Creates an instance of the HTMLLegendElement.

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1.0+

5.0+

1.0+

4.0+

6.0+

HTMLLegendElement() : HTMLLegendElement

Creates an instance of the HTMLLegendElement.

Returns

HTMLLegendElement

Visibility: internal

Properties

Property	Action	Mozilla	Chrome	Safari	Opera	IE	Netscape
form : HTMLFormElement Returns the form owner of the element, if any, or null otherwise.	Show Details	1.0+	5.0+	1.0+	4.0+	4.0+	6.0+
Availability WhatWG

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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1.9+

5.0+

3.1+

9.51+

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).

Availability

HTML 5|W3C|W3C

References

HTMLLegendElement

Availability

JavaScript 1.2|WhatWG

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