HTMLTableElement: createCaption() method

The HTMLTableElement.createCaption() method returns the <caption> element associated with a given <table>. If no <caption> element exists on the table, this method creates it, and then returns it.

Syntax

createCaption()

Parameters

None.

Return value

Examples

This example uses JavaScript to add a caption to a table that initially lacks one.

HTML

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Cell 1.1</td>
    <td>Cell 1.2</td>
    <td>Cell 1.3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Cell 2.1</td>
    <td>Cell 2.2</td>
    <td>Cell 2.3</td>
  </tr>
</table>

JavaScript

let table = document.querySelector("table");
let caption = table.createCaption();
caption.textContent = "This caption was created by JavaScript!";

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility