HTML <caption> tag

HTML <caption> tag is used to add a caption or title of an HTML table. It should be used inside the <table> element and just after the <table> start tag. A table may contain only one <caption> element.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <caption> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both start and End tag
Usage	textual

Example 1

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Caption Tag</title>
	<style>
		table, td, th {
        border: 3px solid gray;
        border-collapse: collapse;}
	</style>
 </head>
 <body>
    <h2>Example of Caption tag</h2>
   <table width="800">
	  <caption>Employee Details</caption>
      <thead>
     	<tr>
     		<th>Sr. No.</th>
     		<th>Name</th>
     		<th>Email</th>
     	  </tr>
        </thead>
       <tbody>
    	<tr>
    		<td>1.</td>
    		<td>Ankit Pandey</td>
    		<td>ankit2@gmail.com</td>
    	</tr>
    	<tr>
    		<td>2.</td>
    		<td>Ashvini Kumar</td>
    		<td>ashvini@gmail.com</td>
    	</tr>
    	<tr>
    		<td>3.</td>
    		<td>Swati Sharma</td>
    		<td>swati8@gmail.com</td>
    	</tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Attribute

Tag-specific Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
align	top bottom left right	It aligns the caption with respect to table

Global Attributes

The <caption> tag supports the Global attributes

Event Attributes

The <caption> tag supports the event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<caption>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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