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="../images/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.
More Examples
Example
Use CSS to style <figure> and <figcaption>:
<html>
<head>
<style>
figure {
border: 1px #ccc solid;
padding: 4px;
margin: auto;
}
figcaption {
background-color: black;
color: white;
font-style: italic;
padding: 2px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<figure>
<img src="../images/pic_trulli.jpg" alt="Trulli" style="width:100%">
<figcaption>Fig.1 - Trulli, Puglia, Italy</figcaption>
</figure>
</body>
</html>
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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;
}
