Table caption Property - Javascript DOM HTML Element

Javascript examples for DOM HTML Element:Table

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Description

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

Return Value

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

The following code shows how to Alert the text inside a caption element:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>//w  w  w.  j a  va 2s .  co  m
</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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