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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Checkboxes

Joseph Torres
Joseph Torres
6,282 Points
Posted by Joseph Torres
Joseph Torres
6,282 Points

Trying to understand importance in naming id and for attributes with the same name and how this ties in the label tag

I know he explains the importance but its not concrete in my mind. Can someone elaborate a little more on this? Thanks

1 Answer

Chris Davis
Chris Davis
16,280 Points
Chris Davis
Chris Davis
16,280 Points

Its not the name attribute that should be the same, it's the #id. When the label is clicked it will pass the focus to the form input element. For example...

<label for="firstName">FirstName</label><br>
<input type="text" name="yourName" id="firstName">

Here is a demonstration https://jsfiddle.net/awrzbabx/ and here is an explanation http://stackoverflow.com/a/18432715

Hope that helps :thumbsup: