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Chapter 16 Using HTML Forms

16.10 Grouping Controls

HTML 4.0 defines the 

FIELDSET

 element, with an associated 

LEGEND

, that

can be used to visually group controls within a form. This capability is quite

useful but is supported only by Internet Explorer. Hopefully, Netscape ver 

sion 5 will add support for this element. In the meantime, you should reserve

use of this element to intranet applications where all your users are using

Internet Explorer.

Core Warning

As of version 4.7, Netscape does not support the 

FIELDSET

 element.

HTML Element:

Attributes:

None.

This element is used as a container to enclose controls and, optionally, a 

LEG 

END

 element. It has no attributes beyond the universal ones for style sheets,

language, and so forth. Listing 16.7 gives an example, with the result shown

in Figure 16 25. 

Figure 16 25 The FIELDSET element lets you visually group related controls.

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