HTML » Tags » caption
Version: 3.2, 4.0
Compability: Explorer 4, 5 Netscape 4, 6
- Syntax:
- <caption> ... </caption>
The <caption> tag allows you to place a comment (caption) with a table. The caption does not appear inside the table, but rather it appears outside the table on either the top (default) or bottom.
Some browsers recognize proprietary attributes that permit placing the caption on the left or right side of the table. The caption tag must occur immediately after the table tag. You can only have one caption per table. The text that composes the caption can contain HTML tags and style sheet properties.
Note that the table tag has the summary attribute which is used with non-visual media such as braille and speech to provide information about a table.
The closing tag is mandatory.
Examples
Code:
<table width="80%" border="10" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="5" align="center">
<caption>
<center><b>How To Code A Table</b></center>
<br>
Use the caption tag to name the table and to provide useful information about the contents
</caption>
<tr>
<th colspan'"2">Use the <b>th</b> tag to create the header which will display in bold</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">The <b>tr</b> tag creates the row</td>
<td width="50%">The <b>td</b> tag creates individual cells for each row</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">You should always use the closing tags</td>
<td width="50%">You can use a variety of HTML tags inside the cell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">The three new version 4.0 table tags are <b>tbody, tfoot,</b> and <b>thead</b></td>
<td width="50%">The <b>colspan</b> attribute allows you span more than one cell</td>
</tr>
</table>Output:
How To Code A Table
Use the caption tag to name the table and to provide useful information about the contentsUse the th tag to create the header which will display in bold The tr tag creates the row The td tag creates individual cells for each row You should always use the closing tags You can use a variety of HTML tags inside the cell The three new version 4.0 table tags are tbody, tfoot, and thead Setting colspan allows you span more than one cell
Explanation:
This example demonstrates the basic table tags.
Language(s): HTML
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