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The “label” element may contain at most one “button”, “input”, “meter”, “output”, “progress”, “select”, or “textarea” descendant.
The label element may contain only one labelable descendant.
For example:
<label for="age">
Age
<select id="age">
<option>young</option>
<option>old</option>
</select>
</label>Learn more:
Related W3C validator issues
When nesting a select element inside a label that has a for attribute, the id attribute of the select is required to match it.
The label element represents a caption in a user interface. The caption can be associated with a specific form control, known as the label element’s labeled control, either using the for attribute, or by putting the form control inside the label element itself.
When the select is inside the label, there’s no need to specify a for attribute as there can only be one select, as in this example:
<label>
Age
<select>
<option>young</option>
<option>old</option>
</select>
</label>
However, if the for attribute is specified, then it must match the id of the select like this:
<label for="age">
Age
<select id="age">
<option>young</option>
<option>old</option>
</select>
</label>Learn more:
HTML Living Standard: the label element HTML Living Standard: the select element
The <label> element represents a caption in a document, and it can be associated with a form input using the for attribute, which must be an ID. Document IDs cannot contain whitespace.
Example:
<form>
<label for="user_name">Name</label>
<input type="text" id="user_name" />
</form>Learn more:
Drop-down lists can be defined in HTML by using the <select> tag, containing the different <option>s. Each <option> must have a name, which can be either contained between <option> and </option>, or alternatively using the label attribute.
Example:
<select name="size">
<option value="s">small</option>
<option value="m" label="medium"></option>
</select>
The label element may only contain one labelable descendant.
For example:
<label for="age">
Age
<select id="age">
<option>young</option>
<option>old</option>
</select>
</label>Learn more:
A <label> tag can’t be used inside an <a> tag. Consider using other tags like <span>.
A label element is not allowed as a descendant of a button element.
The label element represents a caption in a user interface. The caption can be associated with a specific form control, known as the label element’s labeled control, either using the for attribute, or by putting the form control inside the label element itself.
Learn more:
A <label> element cannot contain other <label> as a descendant. Check for nested elements or closing tags that may have been misinterpreted, for example:
<label>name</label></label>
<label> tags are used to label inputs in form, which need to be present and visible in the document, for example:
<label for="age">Age</label>
<input id="age" />
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