<figcaption>
HTML <figcaption> Tag
The <figcaption> tag is one of the HTML5 elements. It is used to add a caption or explanations to the contents of the <figure> tag. The <figcaption> is included in the <figure> and is placed as the first or last child element. If the <figcaption> is the first embedded element, then the content will be displayed at the top of the image.
You can use only one <figcaption> in the <figure> element. However, the <figure> can contain other tags too (<img> tag or <code>).
Syntax
Syntax
The <figcaption> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening <figcaption> and closing (</figcaption>) tags.
Example of the HTML <figcaption> tag:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Image of a baby</p>
<figure>
<img src="/uploads/media/default/0001/01/25acddb3da54207bc6beb5838f65f022feaa81d7.jpeg" alt="A Cute Baby" width="250" height="200">
<figcaption>Fig.1 – Cute baby</figcaption>
</figure>
</body>
</html>
Result
Attributes
Attributes
The<figcaption> tag supports the Global Attributes and the Event Attributes.
How to style <figcaption> tag? Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <figcaption> tag:
CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit. CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element. CSS font-size property sets the size of the font. CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform property controls text case and capitalization. CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style.
Coloring text in <figcaption> tag:
CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations. CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Text layout styles for <figcaption> tag:
CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block. CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signalled to the user. CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled. CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
Other properties worth looking at for <figcaption> tag:
CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text. CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text. CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line. CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text. CSS word-spacing property sets the spacing between words.