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HTML5 <caption> Tag

Example

A table with a caption:

<table border="1">
  <caption>Monthly savings</caption>
  <tr>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Savings</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>January</td>
    <td>$100</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The <caption> tag is supported in all major browsers.


Definition and Usage

The <caption> tag defines a table caption.

The <caption> tag must be inserted immediately after the <table> tag.

You can specify only one caption per table.

Tip: By default, the table caption will be center-aligned above a table. However, the CSS properties "text-align" and "caption-side" can be used to align and place the caption.


Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The "align" attribute which was deprecated in HTML 4.01, is not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Global Attributes

The <caption> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5.


Event Attributes

The <caption> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5.


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