figcaption

Summary

The HTML Figcaption Element (<figcaption>) represents a caption or a legend associated with a figure or an illustration described by the rest of the data of the <figure> element which is its immediate ancestor which means <figcaption> can be the first or last element inside a <figure> block. Also, the HTML Figcaption Element is optional; if not provided, then the parent figure element will have no caption.

Usage context

Permitted content	Flow content
Tag omission	None, both the start tag and the end tag are mandatory
Permitted parent elements	A <figure> element
Normative document	HTML5, section 4.5.12

Attributes

This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.

DOM Interface

This element implements the HTMLElement interface.

Examples

Please see the <figure> page for examples on <figcaption>.

Compatibility

See also

• The <figure> element.