The HTML `figure` tag
Discover the basics of working with the HTML `figure` tag
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Often used along with the img tag is the figure tag.
figure is a semantic tag often used when you want to display an image with a caption. You use it like this:
<figure>
<img src="dog.png"
alt="A nice dog">
<figcaption>A nice dog</figcaption>
</figure>
The figcaption tag wraps the caption text.
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