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<figcaption>: The Figure Caption element

The <figcaption> HTML element represents a caption or legend describing the rest of the contents of its parent <figure> element.

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Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

Please see the <figure> page for examples on <figcaption>.

Technical summary

Content categories None.
Permitted content Flow content.
Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents A <figure> element; the <figcaption> element must be its first or last child.
Implicit ARIA role No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles group, none, presentation
DOM interface HTMLElement

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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figcaption 8 12 4 9 11 5.1 4.4 18 4 11 5 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/figcaption