Sets or retrieves a description and/or structure of the object.
Syntax
| HTML | <TABLE SUMMARY
= sSummary... >
|
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| Scripting | [ sSummary = ] TABLE.summary [ = v ] |
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Possible Values
| sSummary | String that
specifies or receives a description and/or structure of the object. |
The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
summary was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
This property can be used for rendering to non-visual media such as speech or Braille.
There is no functionality implemented for this property unless defined by the author.
Example
The following example shows how to specify a summary property for a table.
<table summary="My Favorite European Cities with the Top City First">
<tr><th>My Favorite Cities</th></tr>
<tr><td>Paris, France</td></tr>
<tr><td>London, England</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rome, Italy</td></tr>
</table>
Standards Information
This property is defined in
HTML 4.0 
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To