HTML <figcaption> Tag
Example
Use a <figure> element to mark up a photo in a document, and a <figcaption> element to define a caption for the photo:
<figure>
<img src="pic_trulli.jpg" alt="Trulli"
style="width:100%">
<figcaption>Fig.1 - Trulli, Puglia,
Italy.</figcaption>
</figure>
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Definition and Usage
The <figcaption>
tag defines a caption for a <figure> element.
The <figcaption>
element can be placed as the first or last child of the <figure> element.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.
Element | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
<figcaption> | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 11.0 |
Global Attributes
The <figcaption>
tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <figcaption>
tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: Figcaption Object
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <figcaption>
element with the following default values:
figcaption {
display: block;
}