Fieldset and Legend tag

The <fieldset> and <legend> are generally used in conjunction to display information about what the form is meant to be.

The <fieldset> tag, by default, makes a border around the <form> which it belongs to and the <legend> tag gives the title text for the fieldset of which it is a child of in the top left corner of the border generated by the <fieldset>.

Example:

<form action="/action_page.php">

  <fieldset>

    <legend>Personal Information:</legend>

    <label for="fname">First name:</label>

    <input type="text" id="fname" name="fname" />

    <label for="lname">Last name:</label>

    <input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" />

    <label for="email">Email:</label>

    <input type="email" id="email" name="email" />

    <label for="birthday">Birthday:</label>

    <input type="date" id="birthday" name="birthday" />

    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />

  </fieldset>

</form>

Sample output for the above code is: