HTML DOM Table deleteCaption() Method


The HTML DOM table deleteCaption() method delete the first <caption> element from the table in an HTML document.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

object.deleteCaption()

Let us see an example of HTML DOM table deleteCaption() 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 deleteCaption() Method Demo</h1>
<table border="2">
<caption>Student Data</caption>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Roll No.</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>071717</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jane</td>
<td>031717</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button onclick="remove()" class="btn">Remove Caption</button>
<script>
   function remove() {
      var tableCaption = document.querySelector('table').deleteCaption();
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click on “Remove Caption” button to delete the caption from the table −

Updated on: 19-Sep-2019

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