HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

p — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<p> . . . </p>

Denotes a paragraph. Paragraphs may contain text and inline elements, but they may not contain other block elements, including other paragraphs. Browsers are instructed to ignore multiple empty p elements.

Start/End Tags

HTML: Required/Optional; XHTML: Required/Required

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes

align="center|left|right"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Aligns the text within the element to the left, right, or center of the page.

Example

<p> Paragraphs are the most rudimentary elements of a text
document.</p>
<p>They are indicated by the <code>p</code> element.</p>