DIV define parts of a document XHTML 1.01 Strict

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
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	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (backwards compatible); language code as RFC3066
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was clicked; script expression
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was double clicked; script expression
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed down; script expression
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed and released; script expression
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was released; script expression
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was pressed down; script expression
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved within; script expression
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved away; script expression
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved onto; script expression
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was released; script expression
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	associated style info; style sheet data
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	advisory title; text used for titles
xml:lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (as per XML 1.0 spec); language code as RFC3066

Content

( #PCDATA | p | h1 | h2 | h3 | h4 | h5 | h6 | div | ul | ol | dl | pre | hr | blockquote | address | fieldset | table | form | a | br | span | bdo | map | object | img | tt | i | b | big | small | em | strong | dfn | code | q | samp | kbd | var | cite | abbr | acronym | sub | sup | input | select | textarea | label | button | noscript | ins | del | script )*

End tag

Required </div>

Referenced in

blockquote body button dd del div fieldset form ins li map noscript object td th

Example

Source	Appearance
<div>The space station was</div> <div>abandoned</div> <div>because of the damage: <ul> <li>Low power</li> <li>Damaged hull</li> <li>Fires</li></ul></div>	The space station was abandoned because of the damage: Low power Damaged hull Fires