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.
  1. <!DOCTYPE HTML>
  2. <html>
  3. <body >
  4. <div >
  5. <figure>
  6. <img src="Sunset.jpg"
  8. alt="figure pointing to figcaption below"
  11. </figure style="width: 195px">
  12. </div>
  13. <figure>
  14. <figcaption>Example of HTML <figure> with <figcaption></figcaption>
  15. </figure>
  16. </p>
  17. </body>
  18. </html>
Internet Explorer
figure1].gif
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