HTML Block and Inline Elements

Every HTML element has a default display value depending on what type of element it is.

The two display values are: block and inline.

Block-level Elements

A block-level element always starts on a new line and takes up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right as far as it can).

The <div> element is a block-level element.

Example

<div>Hello World<div>

Block level elements in HTML:

<address>		<article>		<aside>		<blockquote>		<canvas>	

<dd>		<div>		<dl>		<dt>		<fieldset>		

<header>		<figcaption>		<figure>		<footer>		<form>				

<h1>-<h6>		<hr>		<li>		<main>		<nav>		

<noscript>	<ol>		<p>		<pre>		<section>		

<table>		<tfoot>		<ul>		<video>

Inline Elements

An inline element does not start on a new line and only takes up as much width as necessary.

This is an inline <span> element inside a paragraph.

Example

<span>Hello World</span>

Inline elements in HTML:

	<a>		<abbr>		<acronym>		<b>			<bdo>

	<big>		<br>			<button>		<cite>		<code>

	<dfn>		<em>			<i>			<img>			<input>

	<kbd>		<label>		<map>			<object>		<output>

	<q>		<samp>		<script>		<select>		<small>

	<span>	<strong>		<sub>			<sup>			<textarea>

	<time>	<tt>			<var>

The <div> Element

The <div>element is often used as a container for other HTML elements.

The <div> element has no required attributes, but style, class and id are common.

When used together with CSS, the <div> element can be used to style blocks of content:

Example

	<div style="background-color:black;color:white;padding:20px;">
		<h2>London</h2>
		<p>London is the capital city of England. It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants.</p>
	</div>

The <span> Element

The <span> element is often used as a container for some text.

The <span> element has no required attributes, but style, class and id are common.

When used together with CSS, the <span> element can be used to style parts of the text:

Example

<h1>My <span style="color:red">Important</span> Heading</h1>

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