HTMLTableElement.createCaption()

The HTMLTableElement.createCaption() method returns the <caption> element associated with a given <table>. If no <caption> element exists on the table, this method creates it, and then returns it.

Syntax

HTMLTableElement = table.createCaption();

Return value

Example

This example uses JavaScript to add a caption to a table that initially lacks one.

HTML

<table>
  <tr><td>Cell 1.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td><td>Cell 1.3</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Cell 2.1</td><td>Cell 2.2</td><td>Cell 2.3</td></tr>
</table>

JavaScript

let table = document.querySelector('table');
let caption = table.createCaption();
caption.textContent = 'This caption was created by JavaScript!';

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility