HTML Tag <CAPTION>

<CAPTION> Used inside <TABLE> tags to specify a description for a table.

Attribute of <CAPTION> Tag

• ALIGN
• CLASS
• ID
• STYLE
• TITLE

ALIGN

Indicates whether the caption appears at the top, bottom, left, or right of the table.

<CAPTION ALIGN="TOP">
Seattle Staff Directory
</CAPTION>

Possible Values

TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT

CLASS

Indicates which style class applies to the <CAPTION> element.

<CAPTION CLASS="casual">Hydrogen vs
Oxygen</CAPTION>

Possible Values

Class Name .

ID

Assigns a unique ID selector to an instance of the <CAPTION> tag. When you then assign a style to that ID selector, it affects only that one instance of the <CAPTION> tag.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION ID="dkm">Great
Painters</CAPTION>

Possible Values

Any ID Name.

STYLE

Specifies Style Sheet commands that apply to the contents of the <CAPTION> tags.

<CAPTION STYLE="background: red">

Possible Values

CSS Property with value.

TITLE

Specifies text assigned to the tag. You might use this attribute for context-sensitive help within the document. Browsers may use this to show tool tips over the caption.

<CAPTION TITLE="Table caption">

Possible Values

Any Text Message.