Caption element (<caption>)

The caption element defines nature or character of a table.

The caption may be inserted only directly under <table> tag.

Syntax:

<table><caption></caption><tr><td></td></tr></table>

Attributes:

• id, class (document-wide identifiers)
• lang (language information), dir (text direction)
• title (element title)
• style (inline style information)
• onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup (intrinsic events)

Example

HTML table with caption element:

 

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