CSS: How to style table background including the <caption> element - html

Question

Stylesheets for tables elements exclude the table caption (a <caption> tag inside the <table> tag).
Is there a way for a table to have a gradiented background that includes the caption ?

Answer 1

Adding display:block; should solve it
<style>
table{
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(156,155,250) 43%, rgb(255,255,255) 88%);
display:block;
}
<table>
<caption>Test</caption>
<tr>
<td>Col1</td>
<td>Col2</td>
</tr>
</table>

Answer 2

Yes, there is: http://jsfiddle.net/Pe5Lt/2/
Position the caption absolutely, relatively to the table, then give the table some padding-top and center the caption with margin: Xpx auto;:
HTML
<table>
<caption>I'm a CAPTION</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>I'm a TH</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>I'm a TD</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
CSS
table {
position: relative;
padding-top: 30px;
width: 200px;
border: 1px solid red;
background: rgb(30, 87, 153);
/* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 87, 153, 1) 0%, rgba(41, 137, 216, 1) 66%, rgba(32, 124, 202, 1) 100%, rgba(125, 185, 232, 1) 100%);
/* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(30, 87, 153, 1)), color-stop(66%, rgba(41, 137, 216, 1)), color-stop(100%, rgba(32, 124, 202, 1)), color-stop(100%, rgba(125, 185, 232, 1)));
/* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 87, 153, 1) 0%, rgba(41, 137, 216, 1) 66%, rgba(32, 124, 202, 1) 100%, rgba(125, 185, 232, 1) 100%);
/* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 87, 153, 1) 0%, rgba(41, 137, 216, 1) 66%, rgba(32, 124, 202, 1) 100%, rgba(125, 185, 232, 1) 100%);
/* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 87, 153, 1) 0%, rgba(41, 137, 216, 1) 66%, rgba(32, 124, 202, 1) 100%, rgba(125, 185, 232, 1) 100%);
/* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(30, 87, 153, 1) 0%, rgba(41, 137, 216, 1) 66%, rgba(32, 124, 202, 1) 100%, rgba(125, 185, 232, 1) 100%);
/* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#1e5799', endColorstr='#7db9e8', GradientType=0);
/* IE6-9 */
}
table caption {
color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
margin: 10px auto;
}
CSS Gradient background generated with http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/