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caption

Summary

The caption (<caption>) element represents the title of the table that is its parent.

Overview Table

DOM Interface
HTMLTableCaptionElement

The caption element (<caption>) specifies a brief description for a table. The <caption> element must be inserted immediately after the <table> element.

Examples

This example uses the caption element to provide a brief description for a table.


<table>
 <caption>Characteristics with positive and negative sides</caption>
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th>Characteristic</th>
   <th>Negative</th>
   <th>Positive</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Mood</th>
   <td>Sad</td>
   <td>Happy</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th>Grade</th>
   <td>Failing</td>
   <td>Passing</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

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Notes

Remarks

The caption element should be a child of the <table> element.

A caption can introduce context for a table, making it significantly easier to understand.

When a table element is the only content in a figure element other than the figcaption, the caption element should be omitted in favor of the figcaption.

Related specifications

HTML 5.1
W3C Working Draft
HTML 5
W3C Recommendation
HTML 4.01
W3C Recommendation

See also

Related articles

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External resources

http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Elements/caption