Not being a front-end web-developer, I hadn’t seen¹ the figure element in HTML code before, so here are some links:
- [Wayback/Archive] What is the purpose of the ‘figure’ tag in html? – Stack Overflow
- [Wayback/Archive] : The Figure with Optional Caption element – HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN
- [Wayback/Archive] Why use the figure element? – HTML-CSS – The freeCodeCamp Forum
- [Wayback/Archive] : The Figure Caption element – HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN
TL;DR – figure it is like a div element, but context specific: it groups elements that logically for one figure, including an optional description in the figcaption.
The group can be moved outside the main content flow without changing the meaning of that flow.
Query: [Wayback/Archive] what is a html figure for – Google Search
--jeroen
¹ I surely am not the only one, as the figure element isn’t even on the element usage graph in the [Wayback/Archive] HTML Study – AWR SEO Guide.
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