HTML Div

HTML Div Element

The <div> tag is nothing more than a container for other tags. Much like the body tag, Div elements are block elements and work behind the scenes grouping other tags together. Use only the following attributes with your div element, anything else should be reserved for CSS.

id
width
height
title
style

For the purpose of this example, we have included the style attribute in order to color our div tag in order to bring a stronger visualization for our viewers.

DIV Example:

<body>

<div style="background: green">

<h5 >SEARCH LINKS</h5>

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>

</div>

</body>

Output

SEARCH LINKS

Google

Above is a great visual about how a div plays the role of a container for other HTML elements, applying a background color/image is the only real way to visualize your div tags.

HTML Div Layouts

When HTML first began, web creators only had two choices. A table layout, or frames. The div element provides a 3rd alternative, since a div can contain any/every other type of html element within its beginning and ending tag.

DIV Layout Example:

<div id="menu" align="right" >

<a href="">HOME</a> | 

<a href="">CONTACT</a> | 

<a href="">ABOUT</a>

</div>



<div id="content" align="left" bgcolor="white">

<h5>Content Articles</h5>

<p>This paragraph would be your content

 paragraph with all of your readable material.</p>

</div>

Advanced web developers find div elements to be far easier to work with than tables, adding more content or more links to our previous example might demonstrates why a div is simpler to work with.

Let's add a "LINKS" page to our menu, and another article of content below the existing content.

HTML Div

HTML Div Element

SEARCH LINKS

HTML Div Layouts

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