caption (db.html.caption)
caption — An HTML table caption.
Synopsis
caption (db.html.caption) ::= × ⏵
- Zero or more of:- text
- html:button
- html:fieldset
- html:input
- html:label
- html:select
- html:textarea
- Bibliography inlines ⏵
- Computer-output inlines ⏵
- Graphic inlines ⏵
- Linking inlines ⏵
- Markup inlines ⏵
- Operating system inlines ⏵
- Product inlines ⏵
- Publishing inlines ⏵
- Technical inlines ⏵
- Ubiquitous inlines ⏵
- User-input inlines ⏵
 
Attributes
Attributes:
- class
- style
- title
- lang
- onclick
- ondblclick
- onmousedown
- onmouseup
- onmouseover
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
- onkeypress
- onkeydown
- onkeyup
Additional Constraints
- note must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- example must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- figure must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- table must not occur among the children or descendants of caption
- sidebar must not occur among the children or 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
None.
- 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. 
Parents
1 element contains caption. × ⏵
Children
34 elements occur in caption. × ⏵
See Also
Related elements: audioobject, caption (db.caption), imageobject, inlinemediaobject, mediaobject, textobject, videoobject.