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How to Add a Label to HTML Radio Button

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Radio button allows user to choose only one of the pre-defined options. Each radio button must be accompanied by a label describing the choice it represents.

There are two ways to label radio button elements. One is to enclose the whole <input type="radio"> tag inside <label> </label> tags:

<label>
    <input type="radio" name="choice" value="HTML" /> Learn HTML 
</label>

<label>
    <input type="radio" name="choice" value="Java" /> Learn JavaScript 
</label>

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Another alternative is to provide an ID for each radio element and then use that ID in the for attribute of the label.

<input type="radio" id="sizeSmall" ... /> <label for="sizeSmall">Small </label>

Here is another example; we are using a fieldset element to show better grouping of the choices.

<form id="radio_btn_select">
 <fieldset>
    <legend>Selecting elements</legend>
    <label>Choose one option: </label>           

    <input type="radio"  name="fontSizeControl"  id="sizeSmall"
 value="small"  checked="checked" />
    <label for="sizeSmall">small</label>

    <input type="radio"  name="fontSizeControl"  id="sizeMed"
 value="medium" />
    <label for="sizeMed">medium</label>

    <input type="radio"  name="fontSizeControl"  id="sizeLarge"
 value="large" />
    <label for="sizeLarge">large</label>

 </fieldset>    

</form>

All radio buttons with same name are treated as a group. When the form is submitted it will include contents of ‘value’ attribute corresponding to the selected radio button.

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