The Legend object represents an HTML <legend> element.
We can access a <legend> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myLegend");
Click the button to get the text of the legend element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <fieldset> <legend id="myLegend">MyNameFieldset:</legend> Name: <input type="text"> </fieldset> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {// w w w .j a va 2 s . co m var x = document.getElementById("myLegend").innerHTML; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>