<figure>

The <figure> element represents some flow content.

Point

• Some examples of cases:
  • annotate illustrations
  • diagrams
  • photos [Example A]
  • code listings ...

• That are referred to from the main content of the document, But without affecting the flow of the document.

• The figure element is able to have a caption.
  The figcaption element child of the element, represents the caption of the figure element's contents.

HTML Attributes

See global attributes.

Examples

Example A

[try it]

<figure>
  <figcaption>The Stata Center</figcaption>
  <img src="stata.jpg" alt="The Stata Center Building">
</figure>

HTML Reference

The <figure> element was introduced in HTML5 - 4.5.11 The figure element.