Javascript DOM CSS Style captionSide Property

Introduction

Move the table caption to the bottom of the table:

document.getElementById("myCap").style.captionSide = "bottom";

Click the button to change the caption-side property of the CAPTION element:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
  border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>// ww  w  . j a va2s.  c  o m
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<table>
  <caption id="myCap">Table 1.1 Customers</caption>
  <tr>
    <th>Company</th>
    <th>Contact</th>
    <th>Country</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>CSS</td>
    <td>A</td>
    <td>G</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>HTML</td>
    <td>B</td>
    <td>S</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Java</td>
    <td>C</td>
    <td>M</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("myCap").style.captionSide = "bottom";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The captionSide property sets or gets the position of the table caption.

Property Values

Value	Description
top	`Default`. Positions the table caption above the table
bottom	Positions the table caption below the table
initial	Sets this property to its default value.
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element.

The captionSide property returns a String representing the position of the table caption.

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