figcaption

figcaption

NOTE: This new element is HTML5 and will be a standardized element in 2014.

The HTML <figcaption> element is used to represent a caption for a <figure> element.

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

<p>Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...</p>
<figure>
  <figcaption><small>How event handlers work</small></figcaption>
  <img src="html_events.jpg" alt="Events" width="491" height="194" />
</figure>

 

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

How event handlers work

Attributes for this element:

datetime - the date or date-time the text was deleted
Possible Values:"date-time sysntax as defined here"

cite - refer to a URL that explains why the text was deleted
Possible Values: "URL string"

global attributes - global core attributes
See: list of global attributes

Event handlers for this element:

global event handlers - global event handler attributes
See: list of global event handlers

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