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.

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Syntax

/* Directional values */
caption-side: top;
caption-side: bottom;

/* Global values */
caption-side: inherit;
caption-side: initial;
caption-side: revert;
caption-side: revert-layer;
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 at the block start side of the table.
bottom: The caption box should be positioned at the block end side of the table.

Note: The CSS logical properties and values module defines two logical values, inline-start and inline-end, to position the caption box at the inline start edge and inline end edge of the table, respectively. These values are not supported in any browsers.

Formal definition

Initial value	`top`
Applies to	table-caption elements
Inherited	yes
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

caption-side = 
  top     |
  bottom

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
Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 2 (CSS 2.2) Specification # propdef-caption-side
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # caption-side

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android
`caption-side`	1	12	1	4	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4
`bottom`	≤80	80	≤72	67	≤13.1	80	79	57	≤13.4	13.0	80
`bottom-outside`	No	No	1–87	No	preview	No	4–87	No	No	No	No
`left`	No	No	1–87	No	≤13.1–17	No	4–87	No	≤13.4–17	No	No
`right`	No	No	1–87	No	≤13.1–17	No	4–87	No	≤13.4–17	No	No
`top`	≤80	80	≤72	67	≤13.1	80	79	57	≤13.4	13.0	80
`top-outside`	No	No	1–87	No	preview	No	4–87	No	No	No	No
`writing-mode_relative_values`	No	No	42	No	No	No	42	No	No	No	No