How to position the legend inside a fieldset with a border? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Prevent the fieldset element's border from going through the legend element (2 answers) Closed 7 years ago.

According to the several references on the web, it is not possible 开发者_如何学JAVAto position a legend. So it is suggested to wrap it with span:

<legend><span>Foo</span></legend>

Then we can position the span inside the fieldset. but then when I want to add a border on top of the fieldset, there is a gap for the legend. Luckily, I've found that adding border to the legend also fixes this little, tiny gap but that's ugly solution (as everything else with css). Do you have any more valid solutions to this problem?

note: I've found the solution concurrently, after I've started writing this question, so I want to still ask it.

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I found that simple float:left for LEGEND will do the job.

Codepen sample: http://codepen.io/vkjgr/pen/oFdBa

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I know this is an old question, but I got this page when I googled "fieldset legend position", and I really couldn't find a good answer.

The legend just won't behave!, so the best solution I found was to position it absolute and have a padding top on the fieldset. JSFildle example: http://jsfiddle.net/carlosmartinezt/gtNnT/356/

fieldset {
    position:relative;
    padding-top:50px;
}

legend {
    position:absolute;
    top:20px;
    left:18px;
}​

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Use an outline instead of a border: http://jsfiddle.net/leaverou/gtNnT/

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The OP almost answered his own question: wrapping does the trick, but it's the other way around. Use:

<span><legend>Foo</legend></span>

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Set margins for positioning. It works without problems.

legend {margin-left:50px;} /* 50px from Left of the Fieldset */

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You can use margin-bottom "-50px" for legend and padding-top "50px" for fieldset so do not overlap.

fieldset { 
padding-top:50px;
}

fieldset legend { 
margin-bottom:-50px;
}

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This seems more straight forward to me.

fieldset legend { 
    position:relative;
    left:20px;
}

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Found this the most consistent, tested in IE7, Firefox and Chrome

fieldset legend { text-align:left; }

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I ended up using just div elements. In the end, I just need the border and the text over the border, that's it.

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I think this will work

 <legend><span>ur text</span></legend>

Give border to the legend tag

legend {padding: 2px;border: 1px solid green;}