Styling help Please

HTML-CSS
1

In the website above, i found a problem dealing with the style of the legend element,
So what i did is that i applied a margin: -10000px; to the legend element and i replaced that text with ::before and ::after of a div element above the legend element, -please see the code for a better understanding ,the code is below- , is there is another way around to do the styling?

HTML:

    <div id="overlay-color"></div>
      <div id="hero">
        <main>
          <div id="title-div">
            <h1 id="title">freeCodeCamp Survey Form</h1>
            <p id="description">Thank you for taking the time to help us improve the platform </p>
          </div>
          <form action="#" id="survey-form">
            <!-- input 1 -->
            <label for="name" id="name-label">Name</label>
            <input type="text" name="name" id="name" placeholder="Enter your name" required>
            <!-- input 2 -->
            <label for="email" id="email-label">Email</label>
            <input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Enter your Email" required>
            <!-- input 3 -->
            <label for="number" id="number-label">Age <span>(optional)</span></label>
            <input type="number" min="10" max="99" name="age" id="number" placeholder="Age">
            <!-- input 4 -->
            <label for="dropdown">Which option best describes your current role?</label>
            <select class="" name="options1" id="dropdown" required>
              <option value=""  disabled selected>Select current role</option>
              <option value="Student">Student</option>
              <option value="Full Time Job">Full Time Job</option>
              <option value="Full Time Learner">Full Time Learner</option>
              <option value="Prefer not to say">Prefer not to say</option>
              <option value="Other">Other</option>
            </select>
            <!-- input 5 -->
              <fieldset>
                <legend>Would you recommend freeCodeCamp to a friend?</legend>
                <div id="legend1"></div>
                <div>
                  <input type="radio" name="radio" value="Definitely" id="Definitely">
                <label for="Definitely">
                  Definitely
                </label>
                </div>
                <div>
                  <input type="radio" name="radio" value="Maybe" id="Maybe">
                <label for="Maybe">
                  Maybe
                </label>
                </div>
                <div >
                  <input type="radio" name="radio" value="Not sure" id="Not_sure">
                <label for="Not_sure">
                  Not sure
                </label>
                </div>
              </fieldset>
            <!-- input 6 -->
            <label for="options2">What is your favorite feature of freeCodeCamp? </label>
            <select name="options2" id="options2" required>
                <option value="" disabled selected>Select an option</option>
                <option value="Challenges">Challenges</option>
                <option value="Projects">Projects</option>
                <option value="Community">Community</option>
                <option value="Open Source">Open Source</option>
            </select>
            <!-- input 7 -->
            <fieldset>
                  <legend>What would you like to see improved? (Check all that apply)</legend>
                  <div id="legend2"></div>
                  <!-- checkbox 1 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Front-end Projects" id="chk1">
                    <label for="chk1">Front-end Projects</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 2 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Back-end Projects" id="chk2">
                    <label for="chk2">Back-end Projects</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 3 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Data Visualization" id="chk3">
                    <label for="chk3">Data Visualization</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 4 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Challenges" id="chk4">
                    <label for="chk4">Challenges</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 5 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Open Source Community" id="chk5">
                    <label for="chk5">Open Source Community</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 6 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Gitter help rooms" id="chk6">
                    <label for="chk6">Gitter help rooms</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 7 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Videos" id="chk7">
                    <label for="chk7">Videos</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 8 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="City Meetups" id="chk8">
                    <label for="chk8">City Meetups</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 9 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Wiki" id="chk9">
                    <label for="chk9">Wiki</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 10 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Forum" id="chk10">
                    <label for="chk10">Forum</label>
                  </div>
                  <!-- checkbox 11 -->
                  <div>
                    <input type="checkbox" value="Additional Courses" id="chk11">
                    <label for="chk11">Additional Courses</label>
                  </div>
              </fieldset>
                  <!-- input 8 -->
                  <label for="textarea0" id="textarea-label">Any comments or suggestions?</label>
                  <textarea id="textarea0" name="name" rows="7" cols="80" placeholder="Enter your comment here..."></textarea>
                  <!-- Button -->
                  <button type="submit" name="button" id="submit">Submit</button>
          </form>
        </main>
      </div>

CSS:

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ubuntu:wght@400;500;700&display=swap');

*, *::after, *::before {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
:root {
  --Mcolor: rgba(45,108,108, .8);
  --font: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif;
}
#overlay-color {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background-color: var(--Mcolor);
}

#hero {
  background-image: url("https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/07/31/11/21/people-2557396_960_720.jpg");
  background-color: #333;
  background-attachment: fixed;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
}

body {
  font-family: var(--font);
  color: white;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 0;
}

main {
  padding-top: 2em;
  max-width: 550px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}


#survey-form {
  background-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, .6);
  padding: 2em 3em 3em 3em;
  line-height: 2.5em;
  border-radius: 5px;
}
@media (max-width:500px){
  #survey-form {
    padding: 2em 1em 3em 1em;
  }
}
@media (min-width:750px){
  main {
    max-width: 720px;
  }
}

#title-div {
  max-width: 95%;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  font-weight: 400;
}

#title {
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: .5em;
}

#description {
  font-size: 1.2em;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 2em;
  font-style: italic;
}


#survey-form input {
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

#survey-form label {
  display: block;
  font-size: 1.25em;
  margin-bottom: .1em;
}
#name, #email, #number, select, textarea {
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-family: var(--font);
  padding: 8px 12px 8px 12px;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  border-style: none;
  color: rgba(30, 30, 30, .7);
}

#name:focus, #email:focus, #number:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus {
  outline: none;
  border: 1px solid var(--Mcolor);
  box-shadow: 0 0 7px 3px var(--Mcolor);
}
#survey-form span {
  font-size: .8em;
}
option[selected] {
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .9em;
}

#survey-form legend {
  position: absolute;
  left: -10000px;

}

#survey-form fieldset #legend1::before {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  content: "What would you like to see improved? ";
}
#survey-form fieldset #legend1::after {
  content: "(Check all that apply)";
}

#survey-form fieldset #legend2::before {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  content: "Would you recommend freeCodeCamp to a friend?";
}


#survey-form fieldset {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  border: none;
}

#survey-form fieldset [type='radio'] {
  margin: 0 7px 0 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
}
#survey-form fieldset [type='radio']:focus {
  margin: 0 7px 0 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  outline-style: solid;
  outline-width: thin;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
}
#survey-form fieldset [type='checkbox'] {
  margin: 0 7px 0 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
}
#survey-form fieldset [type='checkbox']:focus {
  margin: 0 7px 0 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  outline-style: solid;
  outline-width: thin;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
}

#survey-form fieldset label {
  display: inline;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
}


#survey-form #textarea-label {
  margin-top:1.3em;
}

#survey-form textarea {
  height: 8em;
  resize: vertical;
}

#survey-form button {
  margin: 1.1em 0;
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  font-weight: 500;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2.7em;
  border-radius: 3px;
  border-style: none;
  background-color: rgba(75,158,120, 1);
  color: white;
  padding: .25em;
  cursor: pointer;
}
#survey-form button:hover {
  animation-name: button;
  animation-duration: .5s;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  color: #555;
}
@keyframes button {
  100% {
    background-color: rgba(125,208,170, 1);
  }
}
2

It would be helpful if you add what is your expected result.
Currently I can see that Survey Form tests pass 17/17 and I do not really understand what is wrong.

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3

I want to style the legend element but i 've found it different to handle, not like the other normal tags (e.g. div). Do you have some way to style this legend element

4

Hey @bedward!

Since you are basing this off of the FCC example you will notice that they did not use the fieldset or legend tags but instead used div and p tags. They also created a class called form group and applied those styles to all of the different sections.

I also noticed that two of the questions seem to not correspond with the options. For example, you have What would you like to improve and the options are Definitely, maybe and not sure. Same goes for Would you recommend freeCodeCamp to a friend and the options are a list of what they offer.

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5

Thanks for the note, yes i mistakenly put them in inverse places, and about the fieldset and legends, i added them for the sake of accessibility, and to give semantic meaning to the elements.