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The Caption Element

1:25 with Nick Pettit

The caption element is basically a title for the table, and it should come immediately after the opening table tag. This is nice to add because it quickly summarizes what a table might contain.

HTML Elements

  • <caption> - The caption element represents the title of the table.

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    Last but not least, is the caption element. 0:00
    This element is basically a title for the table, 0:03
    and it should come immediately after the opening table tag. 0:06
    This is nice to add because it quickly summarizes what a table might contain. 0:11
    Some screen rating software and search engines might pick up 0:15
    on a caption, which is much better than reading one 0:19
    table cell at a time and using that information to 0:22
    try to get an idea of what a table is about. 0:25
    So, let's take a look. 0:28
    So what I mean, just open up my preview so we can 0:29
    take a look at what the work space should look like right now. 0:34
    And let's go back to the code, and right after the opening table tag, 0:38
    I'm going to type caption, and workspaces will automatically 0:44
    close that for me, and inside, I'll type employee 0:50
    information, because that's generally what this table contains. 0:58
    Employee information. 1:02
    So let me switch back to my preview, refresh the page, and now 1:04
    you can see that there's this nice title up at the top of the table. 1:09
    Using CSS, you can hide this caption if you'd like, but it's 1:15
    nice to display it if you want a title for the table visible. 1:20

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