Get the text inside a caption element:
Click the button to return the text inside the caption element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> table, td { border: 1px solid black; } </style>//from ww w.java 2s .com </head> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <table id="myTable"> <caption>This is a table caption</caption> <tr> <td>cell 1</td> <td>cell 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>cell 3</td> <td>cell 4</td> </tr> </table><br> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <script> function myFunction() { document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myTable").caption.innerHTML; } </script> </body> </html>
The caption property returns the <caption> element of a table.
The <caption> element defines a caption for a table.
The caption property returns the <caption> element of the table, or null if it is not defined.