HTML Block and Inline Elements
Every HTML element has a default display value, depending on what type of element it is.
The two most common display values are block and inline.
Block-level Elements
A block-level element always starts on a new line, and the browsers automatically add some
space (a margin) before and after the element.
A block-level element always takes up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right
as far as it can).
Two commonly used block elements are: <p> and <div>.
The <p> element defines a paragraph in an HTML document.
The <div> element defines a division or a section in an HTML document.
The <p> element is a block-level element.
The <div> element is a block-level element.
Here are the block-level elements in HTML:
<address <dd> <figcapti <header> <ol> <ul>
> on>
<div> <hr> <p> <video>
<article> <figure>
<dl> <li> <pre>
<aside> <footer>
<dt> <main> <section
<blockqu <form> >
ote> <fieldset <nav>
> <h1>- <table>
<canvas> <h6> <noscrip
t> <tfoot>
Inline Elements
An inline element does not start on a new line.
An inline element only takes up as much width as necessary.
This is a <span> element inside a paragraph.
Example
<span>Hello World</span>
Here are the inline elements in HTML:
<a> <big> <em> <map> <select> <textare
a>
<abbr> <br> <i> <object> <small>
<time>
<acrony <button> <img> <output> <span>
m> <tt>
<cite> <input> <q> <strong>
<b> <var>
<code> <kbd> <samp> <sub>
<bdo>
<dfn> <label> <script> <sup>
Note: An inline element cannot contain a block-level element!
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 an inline container used to mark up a part of a text, or a part of a
document.
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
<p>My mother has <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;">blue</span> eyes and my
father has <span style="color:darkolivegreen;font-weight:bold;">dark
green</span> eyes.</p>
