DIV define parts of a document HTML 3.2

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DIV

Purpose

define parts of a document

Description

This element identifies parts of a document. You put elements in a DIV element so that you can set their alignments. Note that you don't get new paragraphs just because of a DIV. Think of DIV as a grouping element.

Start tag

Required <DIV>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
align	( left \| center \| right )	#IMPLIED	alignment of following text

Content

( H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | #PCDATA | TT | I | B | U | STRIKE | BIG | SMALL | SUB | SUP | EM | STRONG | DFN | CODE | SAMP | KBD | VAR | CITE | A | IMG | APPLET | FONT | BASEFONT | BR | SCRIPT | MAP | INPUT | SELECT | TEXTAREA | P | UL | OL | DIR | MENU | PRE | DL | DIV | CENTER | BLOCKQUOTE | FORM | ISINDEX | HR | TABLE | ADDRESS )*

End tag

Required </DIV>

Referenced in

BLOCKQUOTE BODY CENTER DD DIR DIV FORM LI MENU TD TH

Example

Source	Appearance
<DIV Align="right"> The space station was </DIV> <DIV Align="left"> abandoned </DIV> <DIV Align="center"> because of the damage: <UL> <LI>Low power <LI>Damaged hull <LI>Fires </UL> </DIV>	The space station was abandoned because of the damage: Low power Damaged hull Fires