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Add a Label..........................................................

2 Within the field’s tag, type

id=”?”, replacing? with a

descriptive identifier for the

field.

1 In your editor, open an HTML

page that contains a form

tag set and at least one form

control.

Add a Label

W

hile simple text placed next to the field can serve as a label for form fields, you should always

wrap the text in an HTML <label> tag. The tag can either be wrapped around both the label

text and the form field, or it can wrap around the text by itself. Either way, you should also add an

ID attribute to the field, and a for attribute to the label, with a value set to the field’s ID. This

creates a logical association between the field and the label, regardless of whether the label tags

include the field or not.

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