<caption>: The Table Caption element
The <caption>
HTML element specifies the caption (or title) of a table.
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Attributes
This element includes the global attributes.
Deprecated attributes
The following attributes are deprecated and should not be used. They are documented below for reference when updating existing code and for historical interest only.
align
Deprecated-
This enumerated attribute indicates how the caption must be aligned with respect to the table. It may have one of the following values:
left
-
The caption is displayed to the left of the table.
top
-
The caption is displayed above the table.
right
-
The caption is displayed to the right of the table.
bottom
-
The caption is displayed below the table.
Warning: Do not use this attribute, as it has been deprecated. The
<caption>
element should be styled using the CSS propertiescaption-side
andtext-align
.
Usage notes
If used, the <caption>
element must be the first child of its parent <table>
element.
When the <table>
element that contains the <caption>
is the only descendant of a <figure>
element, you should use the <figcaption>
element instead of <caption>
.
A background-color
on the table will not include the caption. Add a background-color
to the <caption>
element as well if you want the same color to be behind both.
Example
This simple example presents a table that includes a caption.
html
<table>
<caption>
Example Caption
</caption>
<tr>
<th>Login</th>
<th>Email</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>user1</td>
<td>user1@sample.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>user2</td>
<td>user2@sample.com</td>
</tr>
</table>
Technical summary
Content categories | None. |
---|---|
Permitted content | Flow content. |
Tag omission | The end tag can be omitted if the element is not immediately followed by ASCII whitespace or a comment. |
Permitted parents | A <table> element, as its first descendant. |
Implicit ARIA role | caption |
Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
DOM interface | HTMLTableCaptionElement |
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # the-caption-element |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- CSS properties that may be specially useful to style the
<caption>
element: