Labels in HTML

Labels are great for describing what a input is for. Learn how and why to use labels.

What are labels

The label element represents a description for an input element.

  <label for="email">Email</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" />

Why labels are useful

Associating a <label> with an <input> element is useful because:

How to associate a label with an input

To associate a <label> with an <input> element, you need to give the <input> an id attribute. The <label> then needs a for attribute whose value is the same as the input’s id.

  <label for="email">Email</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" />

Alternatively, you can add the <input> directly inside the <label>, in which case the for and id attributes are not needed because the association is implicit:

  <label>
    Email
    <input type="email" />
  </label>

Conclusion

Labels are great for giving the user more information, visually, and programmatically, about what data should be entered in an input.

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