Name

div — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<div> . . . </div>

Denotes a generic “division” within the flow of the document. Elements contained within a div are treated as a semantic group. The div element is typically given meaning with the class, id, title, or lang attributes, which also allow it to be accessible to scripts and selected in style sheets.

Start/End Tags

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

<div id="summary">
  <h1>In Closing</h1>
  <p>We can summarize as follows...</p>
</div>

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