HTML reference

HTML div tag

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Table of contents

• Description


• Attributes


• Events


• Examples

 

Description

The HTML div tag allows authors to assign certain attributes to blocks of contents. It's primary used in conjunction with style sheets to give visual styles to portions of content in a document. Also, the "id" attribute gives a way to dynamically change these attributes with or without the user interaction. Browsers usually place a break line before and after a div block, so if you are looking for an in-line version check the HTML span tag.

Attributes

id (name)

The "id" attribute assigns an identifier to the associated element. This identifier must be unique in the document and can be used to refer to that element.

Example:

Code begin
<p id="paragraph1">This is the first paragraph named as paragraph1. To dynamically change its properties use this identifier.</p>Code end

 

 

class (cdata)

The "class" attribute assigns a class name (or a list of class names separated by spaces) to the container element. It's used with style sheets and tells the browser the class to which the element is associated with. A class gives visual attributes to elements.

Example:

Code begin
<p class="references">This article is based on the book "Wind in the trees" by Jhon L. Brooks</p>

<p class="references important">This article is based on the book "Wind in the trees" by Jhon L. Brooks... and is more important than the one before.</p>Code end

 

 

style (style)

Defines a visual style of this element. Is a better practice to define styles attributes in external style sheets grouping them in classes. Attributes in the "style" parameter must preserve this order "name : value" and be separated by a semi-colon.

If you're writing XHTML code it's recommended not to use this attribute and try style sheet classes (with the "class" attribute).

Example:

Code begin

<p style="color: #0000FF; font-size: 12pt">This is a paragraph with a defined style</p>
<p>And this is another text without style.</p>Code end

 

 

title (text)

Indicates a title for the element. Used to give a short description about the element that is usually shown as a "tool tip" when the user put the mouse pointer over the element.

Example:

Code	View
<a title="HTMLQuick.com" href="http://www.htmlquick.com">HTML code</a>	HTML code

 

lang (langcode)

Specifies the language of an element's content. The default value in "unknown".

When writing XHTML code the syntax "xml:lang" represents a preferred alternative in XHTML 1.0 and a replacement in XHTML 1.1 (e.g., xml:lang="en").

Example:

Code begin
<p lang="en">This is a paragraph in english.</p>
<p lang="es">Este es un p&aacute;rrafo en espa&ntilde;ol.</p>Code end

 

 

dir

Specifies the text direction of the element's contents and attribute values, as well as tables directionality. It has two possible values that are case insensitive:

• RTL: Right to left.
• LTR: Left to right.

Example:

Code begin

<q lang="he" dir="rtl">...a Hebrew quotation...</q>Code end

 

 

align

This attribute have been deprecated

Specifies the horizontal alignment of its element. Possible values are (case-insensitive):

• left: Text is aligned to the left margin.
• center: Text is centered.
• right: Text is aligned to the right margin.
• justify: Text is justified to both margins.

 

Events

• onclick


• ondblclick


• onmousedown


• onmouseup


• onmouseover


• onmousemove


• onmouseout



• onkeypress


• onkeydown


• onkeyup