Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Table caption Property

The caption property returns the <caption> element of a table.

Browser Support


`caption`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

tableObject.caption

Return Value

The <caption> element of the table, or null if it is not defined.

Example

The following code shows how to output the text inside a caption element.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!--from ww w.jav a 2 s  .  c o m-->
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table id="myTable">
<caption>This is a table caption</caption>
  <tr>
    <td>cell 1</td>
    <td>cell 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>cell 3</td>
    <td>cell 4</td>
  </tr>
</table><br>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    console.log(document.getElementById("myTable").caption.innerHTML);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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