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The Caption Element

1:25 with Nick Pettit

The caption element is basically a title for the table, and it should come immediately after the opening table tag. This is nice to add because it quickly summarizes what a table might contain.

HTML Elements

  • <caption> - The caption element represents the title of the table.

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    and it should come immediately after the opening table tag. 0:00
    This is nice to add because it quickly summarizes what a table might contain. 0:02
    Some screen rating software and search engines might pick up 0:06
    on a caption, which is much better than reading one 0:10
    table cell at a time and using that information to 0:13
    try to get an idea of what a table is about. 0:16
    So, let's take a look. 0:19
    So what I mean, just open up my preview so we can 0:20
    take a look at what the work space should look like right now. 0:25
    And let's go back to the code, and right after the opening table tag, 0:29

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