legend element (html)
Screen reader support level: partial (8/23)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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About this feature
The legend element represents a caption for the rest of the contents of the legend element's parent fieldset element, if any.
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 10 months ago to 3 years ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 3 years ago. Consider running the associated tests and contributing results.
Expectations
Screen Reader support by expectation
| Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| MUST convey its name | partial (1/2) | partial (1/2) | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | supported | partial | supported | supported |
Voice Control support by expectation
| Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Chrome | |
| Not applicable | |||||
Expectation: convey its name
Rationale:
A screen reader user needs to know what to enter.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| aria-required attribute on each HTML radio button in a fieldset | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | supported | partial | supported | supported |
| The html required attribute on each HTML radio button in a fieldset | supported | supported | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | supported | partial | supported | supported |
Related features
These are features that are usually used in combination with this feature.
fieldset element (html)
| Dragon | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | Voice Access | VC iOS | VC MacOS | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | Speech Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | partial (12/19) | some partial support | partial (8/19) | supported with 1 unknown result | some partial support | unknown | unknown | unknown | partial (4/7) | supported with 1 unknown result | unknown |
We are missing data on some combinations.