caption-side
Quick Summary for caption-side
The caption-side CSS property puts the content of a table's <caption> on the specified side. The values are relative to the writing-mode of the table.
Code Usage for caption-side
/* Directional values */ caption-side: top; caption-side: bottom;  /* Logical values */ caption-side: block-start; caption-side: block-end; caption-side: inline-start; caption-side: inline-end;  /* Global values */ caption-side: inherit; caption-side: initial; caption-side: revert; caption-side: unset; 
More Details for caption-side

caption-side

The caption-side CSS property puts the content of a table's <caption> on the specified side. The values are relative to the writing-mode of the table.

Syntax

/* Directional values */ caption-side: top; caption-side: bottom;  /* Logical values */ caption-side: block-start; caption-side: block-end; caption-side: inline-start; caption-side: inline-end;  /* Global values */ caption-side: inherit; caption-side: initial; caption-side: revert; caption-side: unset; 

The caption-side property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.

Values

top

The caption box should be positioned above the table.

bottom

The caption box should be positioned below the table.

block-start

The caption box should be positioned at the block start edge of the table.

block-end

The caption box should be positioned at the block end edge of the table.

inline-start

The caption box should be positioned at the inline start edge of the table.

inline-end

The caption box should be positioned at the inline end edge of the table.

Formal definition

Initial valuetop
Applies totable-caption elements
Inheritedyes
Computed valueas specified
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

top | bottom | block-start | block-end | inline-start | inline-end

Examples

Setting captions above and below

HTML
<table class="top">   <caption>Caption ABOVE the table</caption>   <tr>     <td>Some data</td>     <td>Some more data</td>   </tr> </table>  <br>  <table class="bottom">   <caption>Caption BELOW the table</caption>   <tr>     <td>Some data</td>     <td>Some more data</td>   </tr> </table> 
CSS
.top caption {   caption-side: top; }  .bottom caption {   caption-side: bottom; }  table {   border: 1px solid red; }  td {   border: 1px solid blue; } 
Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # caption-side

Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors

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