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.
js
createCaption()
None.
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>
js
let table = document.querySelector("table");
let caption = table.createCaption();
caption.textContent = "This caption was created by JavaScript!";
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-table-createcaption-dev |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
createCaption |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableElement/createCaption