HTMLTableElement: createCaption() method
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.
Note: If no caption exists, createCaption() inserts a
new caption directly into the table. The caption does not need to be added
separately as would be the case if Document.createElement() had
been used to create the new <caption> element.
Syntax
js
createCaption()
Parameters
None.
Return value
Examples
This example uses JavaScript to add a caption to a table that initially lacks one.
HTML
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
js
let table = document.querySelector("table");
let caption = table.createCaption();
caption.textContent = "This caption was created by JavaScript!";
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-table-createcaption-dev |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser