HTML | DOM Table caption Property
The Table caption property returns the <caption> element of a table which is used to define the caption for a table. Only one caption can be assigned to a table and the caption entered inside the <caption> element is center aligned by default.
Syntax
tableObject.caption
Return Value: It returns a string value that defines a text present inside the <caption> element otherwise it returns a null value if caption element is not present.
Below program illustrates the Table caption property :
Example: Alerting the text inside a caption element.
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <title>Table caption Property in HTML </title> <style> table, td { border: 1px solid green; } h1 { color: green; } h2 { font-family: Impact; } body { text-align: center; } </style></head> <body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h2>Table caption Property</h2> <p>To return the caption element for the table, double-click the "Return Caption" button.</p> <table id="Courses" align="center"> <caption>Courses by Geeksforgeeks </caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Subject</th> <th>Courses</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td>Java</td> <td>Fork Java</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Python</td> <td>Fork Python</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Placements</td> <td>Sudo Placement</td> </tr> </table> <br> <button ondblclick="Table_Caption()"> Return Caption </button> <script> function Table_Caption() { // Return caption using alert. alert(document.getElementById( "Courses").caption.innerHTML); } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:
Supported Browsers:
- Apple Safari
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Opera
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