DIV define parts of a document 4.01 Transitional

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DIV

Purpose

generic language/style container

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 \| justify )	#IMPLIED	text alignment
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NAME	#IMPLIED	language code as RFC1766
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed down
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed and released
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was released
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved within
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved away
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was released
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	style sheet data; associated style info
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	text; advisory title

Content

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

End tag

Required </DIV>

Referenced in

APPLET BLOCKQUOTE BODY BUTTON CENTER DD DEL DIR DIV FIELDSET FORM INS LI MAP MENU NOSCRIPT OBJECT TD TH

Example

Source

Appearance

<DIV Align="center" Style="background-color: yellow; border: 10pt; border-style: dashed;">
The space
station was
abandoned.
</DIV>
<DIV Align="right">
</DIV>
<DIV Align="center">
This was because of the damage.
</DIV>
<DIV Align="justify">
The station had low power,
a damaged hull, and suffered frequent fires.
Air fans inside the station were faulty, oxygen bottles leaked,
and computer circuits were damaged because of the fires.
The entrance door didn't close completely,
the insulation was cracked,
and
most of the solar panels were missing.
But the radio worked fine.
</DIV>

The space station was abandoned.

This was because of the damage.

The station had low power, a damaged hull, and suffered frequent fires. Air fans inside the station were faulty, oxygen bottles leaked, and computer circuits were damaged because of the fires. The entrance door didn't close completely, the insulation was cracked, and most of the solar panels were missing. But the radio worked fine.