The <caption>
specifies the caption (or title) of a table.
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 | No corresponding role |
Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
DOM interface | HTMLTableCaptionElement |
This element includes the global 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
left
top
right
bottom
<caption>
element should be styled using the CSS properties caption-side
and text-align
.The <caption>
element should 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>
.
This simple example presents a table that includes a caption.
<table> <caption>Example Caption</caption> <tr> <th>Login</th> <th>Email</th> </tr> <tr> <td>user1</td> <td>[email protected]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>user2</td> <td>[email protected]</td> </tr> </table>
table {background: red;}
do not alter caption. For that you need display: block
.
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<caption>' in that specification. | Living Standard | |
HTML5 The definition of '<caption>' in that specification. | Recommendation | |
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<caption>' in that specification. | Recommendation |
Desktop | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
caption |
Yes | 12 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
align
|
Yes | 12 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mobile | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
caption |
Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
align
|
Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
<caption>
element:
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