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title: <caption>
slug: Web/HTML/Element/caption
translation_of: Web/HTML/Element/caption
---
<h2 id="Sommario">Sommario</h2>

<p>L'elemento HTML <code><strong>&lt;caption&gt;</strong></code> rappresenta il titolo di una tabella.</p>

<div class="note"><strong>Nota</strong>: Quando l'elemento {{HTMLElement("table")}} genitore di un elemento {{HTMLElement("caption")}} è l'unico discendente di un elemento {{HTMLElement("figure")}}, usare l'elemento {{HTMLElement("figcaption")}} al posto di questo.</div>

<ul class="htmlelt">
 <li><dfn><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Categorie di contenuto</a></dfn> Nessuna.</li>
 <li><dfn>Contenuto permesso</dfn> <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">Contenuto di flusso</a>.</li>
 <li><dfn>Omissione del tag</dfn> {{no_tag_omission}}</li>
 <li><dfn>Elementi genitore permessi</dfn> Un elemento {{HTMLElement("table")}}, del quale deve essere il primo figlio.</li>
 <li><dfn>Interfaccia DOM</dfn> {{domxref("HTMLTableCaptionElement")}}</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Attributi">Attributi</h2>

<p>Questo elemento accetta gli <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" title="HTML/Global attributes">attributi globali</a>.</p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{htmlattrdef("align")}} {{deprecatedGeneric('inline','HTML4.01')}} {{obsoleteGeneric('inline','HTML5')}}</dt>
 <dd>Questo attributo indica l'allineamento di questo elemento rispetto alla tabella. Può assumere i seguenti valori:
 <ul>
  <li><code>left</code>, mostrato sulla sinistra della tabella</li>
  <li><code>top</code>, mostrato prima della tabella</li>
  <li><code>right</code>, mostrato sulla destra della tabella</li>
  <li><code>bottom</code>, mostrato sotto la tabella</li>
 </ul>

 <div class="note"><strong>Nota: </strong>Non usare</div>

 <div class="note">Do not use this attribute, as it has been deprecated: the {{HTMLElement("caption")}} element should be styled using <a href="/en-US/docs/CSS" title="CSS">CSS</a>. To give a similar effect to the <code>align</code> attribute, use the the <a href="/en-US/docs/CSS" title="CSS">CSS</a> properties {{cssxref("caption-side")}} and {{cssxref("text-align")}}.</div>
 </dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Esempi">Esempi</h2>

<p>Vedere la pagina {{HTMLElement("table")}} per esempi su {{HTMLElement("caption")}}</p>

<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifiche</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'tabular-data.html#the-caption-element', '&lt;caption&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'tabular-data.html#the-caption-element', '&lt;caption&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML4.01', 'struct/tables.html#h-11.2.2', '&lt;caption&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML4.01')}}</td>
   <td></td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Compatibilità_dei_browser">Compatibilità dei browser</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("1.0")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("1.0")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="Guarda_anche">Guarda anche</h2>

<ul>
 <li>Altri elementi collegati alle tabelle: {{HTMLElement("col")}}, {{HTMLElement("colgroup")}}, {{HTMLElement("table")}}, {{HTMLElement("tbody")}}, {{HTMLElement("td")}}, {{HTMLElement("tfoot")}}, {{HTMLElement("th")}}, {{HTMLElement("thead")}}, {{HTMLElement("tr")}};</li>
 <li>Proprietà CSS che sono particolarmente indicate per personalizzare l'elemento {{HTMLElement("caption")}} :
  <ul>
   <li>{{cssxref("text-align")}}, {{cssxref("caption-side")}}.</li>
  </ul>
 </li>
</ul>

<p>{{HTMLRef}}</p>