Help:Table Caption

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The caption tag is used inside the HTML element "table". This can also be done indirectly using the code "|+" as part of the wikicode for a table.

It places texts above the table, by default. Texts can also be below, at the left or at the right side of the table, based on the "align" parameter's value.

{| border="1"
|+ This is a Caption
! Data-Type-1 !! Data-Type-2
|-
| Data-1a || Data-2a
|-
| Data-1b || Data-2b
|}

<table border="1">
<caption> This is a Caption </caption>
<tr>
<th> Data-Type-1 </th><th> Data-Type-2 </th>
</tr><tr>
<td> Data-1a </td><td> Data-2a </td>
</tr><tr>
<td> Data-1b </td><td> Data-2b </td>
</tr>
</table>

A html <caption> tag can be created by using following wiki code:

|+ Caption

which generates the following html code:

<caption>Caption</caption>

You can also use parameters in wiki code:

|+ params|Caption

which will generate below html code:

<caption params>Caption</caption>

CSS box model equivalent:

display: table-caption;

Caption tag accepts following parameters:

align = "top|bottom|left|right" (Deprecated html parameter)

  (Html "align" is valid for ~IE 6).

Equivalent stylesheet parameter:

style="caption-side: top|bottom|left|right|inherit;"
 

For a bottom side, right aligned caption texts:

|+ align="bottom" style="caption-side: bottom; text-align: right;" | Caption at bottom

See also

Help:Table

Wikipedia-specific help

None available.

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