Figure tag in HTML5

Introduction

The figure tag was introduced in HTML 5. The <figcaption> tag is supported in all major browsers. This tag provides a container for content that is equivalent to a figure or diagram in a book. You can use the figure element to associate a caption together with some embedded content, such as a graphic or video. You can use the figure element in conjunction with the figcaption element to provide a caption for the contents of your figure element.

Syntax

<figure><figcaption>... flow content ...</figcaption>... flow content ...</figure>

Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double-quotes. There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

Element-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.

Attributes Introduced by HTML5

Attributes	Description
None

Global Attributes

The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.

HTML5 Global Attributes
accesskey	draggable	style
class	hidden	tabindex
dir	spellcheck
contenteditable	id	title
contextmenu	lang

Event Handler Content Attributes

Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.

onabort	onerror*	onmousewheel
onblur*	onfocus*	onpause
oncanplay	onformchange	onplay
oncanplaythrough	onforminput	onplaying
onchange	oninput	onprogress
onclick	oninvalid	onratechange
oncontextmenu	onkeydown	onreadystatechange
ondblclick	onkeypress	onscroll
ondrag	onkeyup	onseeked
ondragend	onload*	onseeking
ondragenter	onloadeddata	onselect
ondragleave	onloadedmetadata	onshow
ondragover	onloadstart	onstalled
ondragstart	onmousedown	onsubmit
ondrop	onmousemove	onsuspend
ondurationchange	onmouseout	ontimeupdate
onemptied	onmouseover	onvolumechange
onended	onmouseup	onwaiting

For example

This example defines the figure tag with figcaption tag.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body >
<div >
<figure>
<img src="Sunset.jpg"
alt="figure pointing to figcaption below"
</figure style="width: 195px">
</div>
<figure>
<figcaption>Example of HTML <figure> with <figcaption></figcaption>
</figure>
</p>
</body>
</html>

Internet Explorer

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