HTML Element: <caption>
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The HTML <caption> element indicates a
table caption. It should be inserted immediately after opening <table> tag of the <table>
element.
The attributes
it can take are HTML
global attributes and HTML event attributes.
It used to support the align
attribute, but this is no longer supported in HTML 5.
To create or access such
an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods. The default style applicable to this element is
shown here.
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
table,td,th,tr,caption {border: thin solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}
th {background-color: yellow;}
thead {color: blue}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<table>
<caption>A table</caption>
<thead>
<tr><th>col1</th><th>col2</th></tr>
</thead>
</table>
<br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var y1 = document.createElement("CAPTION"); y1.textContent = "A table";
var y2a1 = document.createElement("TH"); y2a1.textContent = "col1";
var y2a2 = document.createElement("TH"); y2a2.textContent = "col2";
var y2a = document.createElement("TR"); y2a.appendChild(y2a1); y2a.appendChild(y2a2);
var y2 = document.createElement("THEAD"); y2.appendChild(y2a);
var x = document.createElement("TABLE");
x.appendChild(y1); x.appendChild(y2);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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