HTML DOM Table caption Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM table createCaption() method generates an empty <caption> element and adds it to the table in an HTML document.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

object.createCaption()

Let us see an example of HTML DOM table createCaption() method −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      background: lightblue;
      height: 100vh;
      text-align: center;
   }
   table {
      margin: 2rem auto;
   }
   caption {
      color: #db133a;
   }
   .btn {
      background: #db133a;
      border: none;
      height: 2rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      width: 40%;
      display: block;
      color: #fff;
      outline: none;
      cursor: pointer;
      margin: 1rem auto;
   }
   .show {
      font-size: 1.2rem;
   }
</style>
<body>
<h1>DOM Table createCaption() Method Demo</h1>
<table border="2">
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Roll No.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>071717</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jane</td>
<td>031717</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button onclick="create()" class="btn">Create Caption</button>
<script>
   function create() {
      var tableCaption = document.querySelector('table').createCaption();
      tableCaption.innerHTML = "Student Data";
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>