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Table summary Property

Table Object

Definition and Usage

The summary property sets or returns a description (summary) of the data in a table.

Tip: The summary property can be used by speech-synthesizing/non-visual browsers.

Syntax

Set the summary property:

tableObject.summary="text"

Return the summary property:

tableObject.summary

Tip: There is no default value for the summary property.

Value	Description
text	The summary text

Browser Support

The summary property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Alert the summary of a table:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function displayResult()
{
alert(document.getElementById('myTable').summary);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<table id="myTable" border="1" summary="Example table of employees">
<tr>
    <th>Firstname</th>
    <th>Lastname</th>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>Peter</td>
    <td>Griffin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>John</td>
    <td>Doe</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Show table summary</button>

</body>
</html>

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Table Object