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Diego Villaseñor
Diego Villaseñor
12,615 Points
Posted by Diego Villaseñor
Diego Villaseñor
12,615 Points

Difference between label and legend?

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering what's the difference between this two tags?

1 Answer

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Legend is a broad label for a group of objects that you would like to label, whereas label is just for labeling specific elements.

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Such as I want to name a legend of text boxes Info, but I want to label one username, one password and one description.