<DIV> and </DIV>

Description:

The <DIV> tag is used to divide a document up into artificial sections such as chapters, sections, appendix and so on.

The difference between <DIV> and <SPAN> is that <SPAN> is used within a paragraph, sentence or even word, while <DIV> is intended for block-level formatting.

<DIV> is great to use with dynamic HTML, as it divides a page into sections which can be manipulated. You reference the <DIV>'s by using their name, specified by the ID.

<DIV> is also useful for defining areas of the document to be referenced by style sheets.

Attributes:

align=alignment

Determines how to align the <DIV>. May have the following values:

CENTER	Center the section
LEFT	Align to the left
RIGHT	Align to the right

class=class

Indicates that the <DIV> is to be formatted using the specified class.

dir=direction

Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right.

event=JavaScript

When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript.

id = "name"

You can give a <DIV> a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML).

lang="lang"

Indicates the language of the text within the <DIV>.

nowrap

Prevents the browser from wrapping except if there is an explicit <BR>.

style="style"

Defines the style in which the <DIV> will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet.

title="title"

You can give a <DIV> a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the paragraph. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could.

Examples:

<DIV 
          ALIGN=CENTER>

          This shows how to use this tag to center a paragraph.<p>

Notice that everything between the tags is centered.<p> </DIV>

This shows how to use this tag to center a paragraph.

Notice that everything between the tags is centered.