caption (db.html.caption)
caption — An HTML table caption.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Bibliography inlines
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Error inlines
- Graphic inlines
- GUI inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Keyboard inlines
- Linking inlines
- Markup inlines
- Math inlines
- Object-oriented programming inlines
- Operating system inlines
- Product inlines
- Programming inlines
- Publishing inlines
- Technical inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
altanchorannotationbibliorefindexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkremarksubscriptsuperscriptxref
Attributes
Attributes:
- class
- style
- title
- lang
- onclick
- ondblclick
- onmousedown
- onmouseup
- onmouseover
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
- onkeypress
- onkeydown
- onkeyup
Additional Constraints
- example must not occur in the descendants of caption
- figure must not occur in the descendants of caption
- table must not occur in the descendants of caption
- equation must not occur in the descendants of caption
- sidebar must not occur in the descendants of caption
- task must not occur in the descendants of caption
- caution must not occur in the descendants of caption
- important must not occur in the descendants of caption
- note must not occur in the descendants of caption
- tip must not occur in the descendants of caption
- warning must not occur in the descendants of caption
Description
In an HTML table, a caption
is a short text description for the table it is associated with.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
Attributes
- class
This attribute assigns a class name or set of class names to an element. Any number of elements may be assigned the same class name or names. Multiple class names must be separated by white space characters.
- lang
This attribute specifies the base language of an element's attribute values and text content. The default value of this attribute is unknown.
- onclick
Occurs when the pointing device button is clicked over an element.
- ondblclick
Occurs when the pointing device button is double clicked over an element.
- onkeydown
Occurs when a key is pressed down over an element.
- onkeypress
Occurs when a key is pressed and released over an element.
- onkeyup
Occurs when a key is released over an element.
- onmousedown
Occurs when the pointing device button is pressed over an element.
- onmousemove
Occurs when the pointing device is moved while it is over an element.
- onmouseout
Occurs when the pointing device is moved away from an element.
- onmouseover
Occurs when the pointing device is moved onto an element.
- onmouseup
Occurs when the pointing device button is released over an element.
- style
This attribute specifies style information for the current element.
- title
This attribute offers advisory information about the element for which it is set.
Children ![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
See Also
audioobject, caption (db.caption), imageobject, inlinemediaobject, mediaobject, textobject, videoobject