Return the id of the form containing the <legend> element:
var x = document.getElementById("myLegend").form.id;
Click button to return the id of the form the legend belongs to.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <form id="myForm"> <fieldset> <legend id="myLegend">MyNameFieldset:</legend> Name: <input type="text"><br> Email: <input type="text"> </fieldset> </form>/*from w w w .j a va 2s .c o m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myLegend").form.id; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>
The form
property returns a reference to the form that contains the legend.
This property returns a form object on success.
This property is read only.
If the legend is not in a form, null is returned