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HTML HTML Basics Images, Text and Links Images and File Paths Challenge

Posted by Clayton Bowland
Clayton Bowland
2,874 Points

adding a caption to describe an image

i need to add a caption to describe an image is it figcaption and how to place it ?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The Moon</title>
  </head>
  <body>
<img src="img/moon.jpg" alt="moon.jpg">
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points

You are correct about the tag name for the caption, and you can place the caption either before or after the image as you prefer. Then you would enclose both the image and the caption in a <figure> element.