HTML - <caption>

The HTML <caption> Element (or HTML Table Caption Element) represents the title of a table. Though it is always the first descendant of a <table>, its styling, using CSS, may place it elsewhere, relative to the table.

Example

Please see the <table> page for examples on <caption>

Description

Usage note: When the <table> element that is the parent of this <caption> is the only descendant of a <figure> element, use the <figcaption> element instead.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Flow content.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parent elements	A `<table>` element, as its first descendant.
DOM interface	`HTMLTableCaptionElement`

Attributes

Includes the Global Attributes.

Name	Version	Description
`align`		This enumerated attribute indicates how the caption must be aligned with respect to the table. It may have the following values: `left`, displayed to the left of the table `top`, displayed before the the table `right`, displayed to the right of the table `bottom`, displayed under the table Usage note: Do not use this attribute, as it has been deprecated: the `<caption>` element should be styled using CSS. To give a similar effect to the `align` attribute, use the the CSS properties `caption-side` and `text-align`.

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	(Yes)	1.0 (1.7 or earlier)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	(Yes)	1.0 (1.0)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG 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

License

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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/html/element/caption