Questions tagged [for-attribute]
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What does "for" attribute do in an HTML
I wonder what is the difference between the following two code snippets:
and

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WPF label counterpart for HTML "for" attribute
Is there some attribute in WPF that I can add to element, so when I click it the target control get focus? The closest thing I have found is 'Target', but it works only with access keys and clicking it has no effect.

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Click on label does not focus input despite for=id
I stumbled upon an interesting problem today and can't seem to solve it. I have three forms on my site, they all contain the same form fields. I have labels for each input field and would like to focus the text input (or in case of the radio buttons…

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Setting for attribute of a label element with object oriented method
Labels have a 'for' attribute which makes them point to a certain input field. I need to change the value of this attribute with JQuery so I could use:
$("label").attr("for", "targetName");
But I also need to set the className, so i'd prefer to…
Martin
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why do I need to bind checkbox with a label?
I got a quick question here. Why do we always bind a checkbox id to the for-attribute in a label? Does it have any purpose? If so, can you please list it out? And also its technical advantage.
Thanks in advance,
Madhu.

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Get value from html label assiociated with radiobutton using FOR attribute
A html form with radio buttons which is assiociated with HTML label which looks like this.