How to position the legend inside a fieldset with

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• Prevent the fieldset element's border from going through the legend element 2 answers

According to the several references on the web, it is not possible to 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.

Answer 1

This seems more straight forward to me.

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

Answer 2

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

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

Answer 3

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

fieldset legend { text-align:left; }

Answer 4

Set margins for positioning. It works without problems.

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