<caption>

The HTML <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.

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

align Deprecated since HTML4.01 Obsolete since HTML5

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 CSS properties caption-side and text-align.

Usage notes

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

Examples

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Other table-related HTML Elements: <col>, <colgroup>, <table>, <tbody>, <td>, <tfoot>, <th>, <thead>, <tr>;
• CSS properties that may be specially useful to style the <caption> element:
  • text-align, caption-side.