Name
<caption> — NN: 2, 3, 4 - MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 - HTML 4 - WebTV - Opera3
Synopsis
<caption>...</caption>
Provides a brief summary of the table’s contents or purpose.
According to the W3C HTML 4.0 Specification, if used, the caption
must immediately follow the <table>
tag and
precede all other tags. The width of the caption is determined by the
width of the table. The caption’s position as displayed in the
browser can be controlled with the align
attribute
(or valign
in MSIE).
Attributes
-
align=top|bottom|left|right|center
Positions the caption relative to the table. This attribute has been deprecated by the W3C 4.0 Spec in favor of style sheet positioning.
-
summary=
text
W3C 4.0 Specification only. Used to provide a longer description of the table’s contents that could be used by a speech- or Braille-based web browser.
-
valign=top|bottom
Internet Explorer 3.0 and higher only. Positions the caption above or below the table (
top
is the default).
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