HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <caption>
<caption> marks a short description to be added to a table.
It may only be placed immediately after an opening <table> tag.
Browser compatibility
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<caption> |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What's new in HTML5
The align attribute is removed from HTML5.
Attribute
- align
- Possible values:left|right|top|bottom. Not supported in HTML5. Defines the alignment of the caption.
Global Attributes
The <caption> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <caption> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
caption {
display: table-caption;
text-align: center;
}
Example
A demo showing how to use <caption> tag.
<html>
<body>
<table>
<caption>This is the caption for this table.</caption>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1</td>
<td>Cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
<td>Cell 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
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</html>